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title: "3 Brian Quotes By Catherine Gilbert Murdock"
description: "3 Brian quotes by Catherine Gilbert Murdock. Plus more from Catherine Gilbert Murdock and more Brian sayings from other authors."
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> [So what if Brian made me feel like fireworks were going off inside me. He could also make me feel like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-gilbert-murdock/so-what-if-brian-made-me-feel-like-fireworks-were-going-off-inside-me/)

[Catherine Gilbert Murdock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-gilbert-murdock/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58f/catherine-gilbert-murdock-1608_awful_so-what-if-brian-made-me-feel-like-firew_1702005.png)

> [I’d promised myself that I’d really work on talking more, talking about uncomfortable things, because I could see from Brian how well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-gilbert-murdock/i-d-promised-myself-that-i-d-really-work-on-talking-more-talking/)

[Catherine Gilbert Murdock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-gilbert-murdock/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b95/catherine-gilbert-murdock-1608_brian_i-d-promised-myself-that-i-d-really-work_1778746.png)

> [I milked, of course, and did some work around the barn, and tried not to think about Brian, which was like trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-gilbert-murdock/i-milked-of-course-and-did-some-work-around-the-barn-and-tried-not-to/)

[Catherine Gilbert Murdock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-gilbert-murdock/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/568/catherine-gilbert-murdock-1608_barns_i-milked-of-course-and-did-some-work-aro_2716326.png)

## Other authors on Brian

## More by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

> [“Talk Back? That's really what it's called? You're supposed to walk into some church basement and say, 'I'm here to learn how to Talk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-gilbert-murdock/talk-back-that-s-really-what-it-s-called-you-re-supposed-to-walk-into/)

[Catherine Gilbert Murdock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-gilbert-murdock/)

> [“I saw something I wanted to do and I decided to do it. The feeling of freedom it gave me- I can't even describe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-gilbert-murdock/i-saw-something-i-wanted-to-do-and-i-decided-to-do-it-the-feeling-of/)

[Catherine Gilbert Murdock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-gilbert-murdock/)

> [I ultimately decided to hold my tongue and settle instead for the comfort of ignorance. Not knowing the truth, I retained hope, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-gilbert-murdock/i-ultimately-decided-to-hold-my-tongue-and-settle-instead-for-the/)

[Catherine Gilbert Murdock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-gilbert-murdock/)

> [And have your mother put my head on a stake? Do you have any notion what that would do to my handsome good looks?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-gilbert-murdock/and-have-your-mother-put-my-head-on-a-stake-do-you-have-any-notion/)

[Catherine Gilbert Murdock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-gilbert-murdock/)

> [I swear, every person I know gets far more satisfaction from doing good deeds than receiving them. Maybe that’s the whole point in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-gilbert-murdock/i-swear-every-person-i-know-gets-far-more-satisfaction-from-doing/)

[Catherine Gilbert Murdock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-gilbert-murdock/)

> [“Love is the hardest thing in the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-gilbert-murdock/love-is-the-hardest-thing-in-the-world/)

[Catherine Gilbert Murdock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-gilbert-murdock/)

> [And that's where our conversation went from there, than God, both of us laughing our butts off at the thought of a hoops game…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-gilbert-murdock/and-that-s-where-our-conversation-went-from-there-than-god-both-of-us/)

[Catherine Gilbert Murdock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-gilbert-murdock/)

> [Sometimes,well,all the time,I can't think of what to say because I'm so dumb and stuff,and then maybe I think of it like five days…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-gilbert-murdock/sometimes-well-all-the-time-i-can-t-think-of-what-to-say-because-i-m/)

[Catherine Gilbert Murdock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-gilbert-murdock/)

> [“And it occurred to me that the reason she makes it work, probably, is because she's so comfortable with herself. And you know, that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-gilbert-murdock/and-it-occurred-to-me-that-the-reason-she-makes-it-work-probably-is/)

[Catherine Gilbert Murdock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-gilbert-murdock/)

> [“I hurled the slipper at him, not caring if I caused his decapitation. (I did not.)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-gilbert-murdock/i-hurled-the-slipper-at-him-not-caring-if-i-caused-his-decapitation-i/)

[Catherine Gilbert Murdock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-gilbert-murdock/)

> [“Hell is paved with good intentions. Heaven is paved with Oreos.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-gilbert-murdock/hell-is-paved-with-good-intentions-heaven-is-paved-with-oreos/)

[Catherine Gilbert Murdock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-gilbert-murdock/)

> [What is a staircase, but a corridor improved by elevation?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-gilbert-murdock/what-is-a-staircase-but-a-corridor-improved-by-elevation/)

[Catherine Gilbert Murdock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-gilbert-murdock/)

> [That which is priceless has no cost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-gilbert-murdock/that-which-is-priceless-has-no-cost/)

[Catherine Gilbert Murdock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-gilbert-murdock/)

> [Everyone I looked at, their whole lives, did exactly what they were supposed to do without even questioning it, without even wondering if they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-gilbert-murdock/everyone-i-looked-at-their-whole-lives-did-exactly-what-they-were/)

[Catherine Gilbert Murdock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-gilbert-murdock/)

> [“With that, I hurled the slipper at him, not caring if I caused his decapitation. (I did not.) Marshaling what little dignity I yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-gilbert-murdock/with-that-i-hurled-the-slipper-at-him-not-caring-if-i-caused-his/)

[Catherine Gilbert Murdock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-gilbert-murdock/)

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