Holly Goldberg Sloan Quotes

A second can feel like forever if what follows is heartbreak.

When you care about other people, it takes the spotlight off your own drama.

The ability to keep your mouth shut is usually a sign of intelligence

All reality is a blender where hopes and dreams are mixed with fear and despair.

I somehow make it through the first month. I dress and brush my teeth when they tell me to. And I experience the hollow feeling of complete loss, which is emptiness.

If you're lost, you might need to swim against the tide.

What we expect rarely occurs; what we don't expect is what happens.

Endings are always the beginnings of something else

It has been my experience that rewarding and heartbreaking often go hand in hand.

I'm putting my place in the universe into perspective. I'm stardust. I'm golden brown. I'm just one small bit in a vast expanse.

I'll be ready. I'm not sure for what exactly. But maybe that's what being ready really means.

For someone grieving, moving forward is the challenge. Because after extreme loss, you want to go back.

For him and his brother, he now knew, that music was real. Becuase all you had to do, really, was be willing to use your imagination. And listen.

I don't want to know how you did it. I want to believe you are magic.

I force myself to think of anything but the one thing that I'm actually always thinking about. And that is so exhausting that I sleep more than I ever have.

And just being there is ninety-nine percent of what matters when your world falls apart

Every person has lots of ingredients to make them what is always a one-in-a-kind creation. We are all imperfect genetic stews.

Connectedness. One thing leads to another. Often in unexpected ways.

This is why the deepest form of pain comes out as silence.

I made a note to talk to him about soft drinks. Those beverages are not healthy.from counting by 7s (not listed in drop-down)

[T]he deepest form of pain comes out as silence.

It was possible that he was making some progress in his mental health condition by seeing me.

It would look pretty messed up to be a social worker and have dried kid blood as a permanent stain in your vehicle.

At least it's working out because Cheddar is sort of obsessed with me, or at least very interested, which in the world of felines counts as obsessive behavior.

She said they needed to put down a real root system to achieve their potential

I cut all my words out. My heart was too full of them.

Only in cartoons and fairy tales and greeting cards do endings have glitter

But being a brother or a sister (if you are lucky enough) is the role of a lifetime.