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> [“Don't you see?" she says. "I want your life to be better than mine. That's all any parent wants.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-crouch/don-t-you-see-she-says-i-want-your-life-to-be-better-than-mine-that-s/)

[Katie Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-crouch/)

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## More by Katie Crouch

> [“These, of course, are not the preppy boys we go to school with; these are the dirt-in-the-cracks-of-the-hands kind of boys, farmhands and fishermen who,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-crouch/these-of-course-are-not-the-preppy-boys-we-go-to-school-with-these/)

[Katie Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-crouch/)

> [“We are all somewhere else, during.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-crouch/we-are-all-somewhere-else-during/)

[Katie Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-crouch/)

> [“It's important to love someone." "Even if you can't have that person?" "I think caring for someone is never a bad thing, even if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-crouch/it-s-important-to-love-someone-even-if-you-can-t-have-that-person-i/)

[Katie Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-crouch/)

> [“Alex," Madison says through clenched teeth, "if you keep talking in bumper stickers, I am going to stab you in the face.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-crouch/alex-madison-says-through-clenched-teeth-if-you-keep-talking-in/)

[Katie Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-crouch/)

> [“You're going to have to go beyond yourself to keep him. That's a tiring thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-crouch/you-re-going-to-have-to-go-beyond-yourself-to-keep-him-that-s-a/)

[Katie Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-crouch/)

> [“Because I can tell you with authority: there is no better place to be at twenty-one than in the backseat of a car, driving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-crouch/because-i-can-tell-you-with-authority-there-is-no-better-place-to-be/)

[Katie Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-crouch/)

> [“Don't you see?" she says. "I want your life to be better than mine. That's all any parent wants.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-crouch/don-t-you-see-she-says-i-want-your-life-to-be-better-than-mine-that-s/)

[Katie Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-crouch/)

> [“And then there's the truth beyond that, sitting like an old rock under green creek water: none of these things matter. Right now, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-crouch/and-then-there-s-the-truth-beyond-that-sitting-like-an-old-rock-under/)

[Katie Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-crouch/)

> [“Without a bellyful of liquor, all I am is a woman who cracks stupid jokes to make up for being shy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-crouch/without-a-bellyful-of-liquor-all-i-am-is-a-woman-who-cracks-stupid/)

[Katie Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-crouch/)

> [“He doesn't bother to talk, and I don't either, but we look. We stare. And for a moment, I am sure of everything. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-crouch/he-doesn-t-bother-to-talk-and-i-don-t-either-but-we-look-we-stare-and/)

[Katie Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-crouch/)

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