--- title: "1 Apart Pain Quotes By Megan Crane" description: "1 Apart Pain quotes by Megan Crane. Plus more from Megan Crane and more Apart Pain sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f5/megan-crane-23863_family_it-had-seemed-so-foreign-to-me-the-idea_3224084.jpg" --- > [“It had seemed so foreign to me - the idea that you could move forward without a painful airing of grievances on both sides. But maybe - maybe it wasn't necessary to pick apart pain. Maybe some things just weren't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-crane/it-had-seemed-so-foreign-to-me-the-idea-that-you-could-move-forward/) [Megan Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-crane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f5/megan-crane-23863_family_it-had-seemed-so-foreign-to-me-the-idea_3224084.jpg) ## More by Megan Crane > [“As I look back over the other best friendships I've had that also ended, I wonder if, in addition to simply having a finite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-crane/as-i-look-back-over-the-other-best-friendships-i-ve-had-that-also/) [Megan Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-crane/) > [“Adulthood is knowing that a fully realized character is always more important than the lines.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-crane/adulthood-is-knowing-that-a-fully-realized-character-is-always-more/) [Megan Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-crane/) > [“I felt something swell in me then. It wasn't desparate, or triumphant, or any of the things I was used to feeling around men.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-crane/i-felt-something-swell-in-me-then-it-wasn-t-desparate-or-triumphant/) [Megan Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-crane/) > [“I had a rule about stilettos, and it was this: I didn't wear them unless I planned to kick ass in them. Stilettos were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-crane/i-had-a-rule-about-stilettos-and-it-was-this-i-didn-t-wear-them/) [Megan Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-crane/) > [“I thought that probably meant something - that we could only really look at each other through a looking glass. Literally. I didn't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-crane/i-thought-that-probably-meant-something-that-we-could-only-really/) [Megan Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-crane/) > [“The woman was the kind of woman that the British find breathtakingly sexy and I could never figure out why. She had short, dark…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-crane/the-woman-was-the-kind-of-woman-that-the-british-find-breathtakingly/) [Megan Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-crane/) > [“I make you nervous,” he said. She frowned. “Of course you don’t.” He clearly did, and that, perversely, made him feel.. relaxed...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-crane/i-make-you-nervous-he-said-she-frowned-of-course-you-don-t-he-clearly/) [Megan Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-crane/) > [“For me, without question and despite certain Oracle of Delphi moments concerning my own thighs, it was my belly. The belly that refused to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-crane/for-me-without-question-and-despite-certain-oracle-of-delphi-moments/) [Megan Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-crane/) > [“He'd never met a woman who blushed as much as she did. He didn't know anyone could blush as much as she did. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-crane/he-d-never-met-a-woman-who-blushed-as-much-as-she-did-he-didn-t-know/) [Megan Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-crane/) > [“...losing a friend is like losing a language, and I miss the one we spoke together.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-crane/losing-a-friend-is-like-losing-a-language-and-i-miss-the-one-we-spoke/) [megan crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-crane/) > [“Sometimes I think I'll never really belong anywhere, or trust anyone. I think I need to learn how to stop caring about that." "You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-crane/sometimes-i-think-i-ll-never-really-belong-anywhere-or-trust-anyone-i/) [Megan Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-crane/) > [“Some people lusted after cars, which had never made sense to me. For me, bookshelves could inspire whole spontaneous sonnets, so maybe it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-crane/some-people-lusted-after-cars-which-had-never-made-sense-to-me-for-me/) [Megan Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-crane/) > [“How could he look exactly the same as he always did? How could he so nonchalantly shatter all the things I'd believed and bear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-crane/how-could-he-look-exactly-the-same-as-he-always-did-how-could-he-so/) [Megan Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-crane/) > [“Maybe being an adult wasn't crossing some arbitrary age line into wisdom. Maybe it was like anything else - training wheels and mistakes, trial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-crane/maybe-being-an-adult-wasn-t-crossing-some-arbitrary-age-line-into/) [Megan Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-crane/) > [“Forgiveness and acceptance, I thought as we found a spot near the largest tree in the lobby. Although I'd been kidding with Georgia, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-crane/forgiveness-and-acceptance-i-thought-as-we-found-a-spot-near-the/) [Megan Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-crane/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apart-pain/megan-crane/#itemlist", "name": "1 Apart Pain Quotes By Megan Crane", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It had seemed so foreign to me - the idea that you could move forward without a painful airing of grievances on both sides. But maybe - maybe it wasn't necessary to pick apart pain. Maybe some things just weren't worth fighting about. Some friends weren't friends anymore, but family - and there were different rules for family. 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