Christina Baker Kline citations

“I like the assumption that everyone is trying his best, and we should all just be kind to each other.”

“Time constricts and flattens, you know. It's not evenly weighted. Certain moments linger in the mind and others disappear.”

“So is it just human nature to believe that things happen for a reason - to find some shred of meaning even in the worst experiences?”

“And so it is that you learn how to pass, if you're lucky, to look like everyone else, even though you're broken inside.”

“It is good to test your limits now and then, learn what the body is capable of, what you can endure.”

“people who matter in our lives stay with us, haunting our most ordinary moments. They’re with us in the grocery store, as we turn a corner, chat with a friend. They rise up through the pavement; we absorb them through our soles.”

“My entire life has felt like chance. Random moments of loss and connection. This is the first one that feels, instead, like fate.”

“You got to learn to take what people are willing to give.”

“I am not glad she is dead, but I am not sorry she is gone.”