Patti Callahan Henry Quotes

“Over time, hidden truths morph in the dark soil of deceit into something much worse.”

“Sometimes we know who we want to be and what we want to do long… long before we know how to get there.”

“If only it were so easy to pick up the broken pieces of life, glue them back together, and cover them with paint like nothing had ever happened.”

“Grief wraps around people, takes them to a place they would not go otherwise.”

“There were some things that needed to be said even if the person you were saying them to didn't understand; words that must be released from their trapped place where their flapping to get out could cause internal damage.”

“You don't always need proof to know something.”

“When you know you love someone, when you know it's finally the right time, you don't just wait around for the right words, you just say the sentences even if they're all mixed up and imperfect.”

“The right thing at the wrong time is never the right thing.”