--- title: "1 Freedom Lost Quotes By Liane Moriarty" description: "1 Freedom Lost quotes by Liane Moriarty. Plus more from Liane Moriarty and more Freedom Lost sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/liane-moriarty-1135_brake_a-red-traffic-light-loomed-and-cecilia-s_2562504.jpg" --- > [A red traffic light loomed, and Cecilia slammed her foot on the brake. The fact that Polly no longer wanted a pirate party was breathtakingly insignificant in comparison to that poor man (thirty!) crashing to the ground for the freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liane-moriarty/a-red-traffic-light-loomed-and-cecilia-slammed-her-foot-on-the-brake/) [Liane Moriarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liane-moriarty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/liane-moriarty-1135_brake_a-red-traffic-light-loomed-and-cecilia-s_2562504.jpg) ## Other authors on Freedom Lost ## More by Liane Moriarty > [“It was good to remember that for every horrible memory from her marriage, there was also a happy one. She wanted to see it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liane-moriarty/it-was-good-to-remember-that-for-every-horrible-memory-from-her/) [Liane Moriarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liane-moriarty/) > [“When you were young you talked about "falling in love" with such amusing gravity, as if it were an actual recordable event, when what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liane-moriarty/when-you-were-young-you-talked-about-falling-in-love-with-such/) [Liane Moriarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liane-moriarty/) > [“Nathan kissed Madeline on the cheek and shook Ed's hand enthusiastically. He took an ostentatious relish in the civility of his dealings with his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liane-moriarty/nathan-kissed-madeline-on-the-cheek-and-shook-ed-s-hand/) [Liane Moriarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liane-moriarty/) > [“The cycles of dysfunction and mental illness did not have to carry over from generation to generation. You just had to educate yourself. Erika”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liane-moriarty/the-cycles-of-dysfunction-and-mental-illness-did-not-have-to-carry/) [Liane Moriarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liane-moriarty/) > [My real thinking and planning gets done when I'm doing something else like driving or walking or taking the shower.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liane-moriarty/my-real-thinking-and-planning-gets-done-when-i-m-doing-something-else/) [Liane Moriarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liane-moriarty/) > [“She wondered if it was similar to how people felt when they first took antidepressants and they lost their pain, but everything else felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liane-moriarty/she-wondered-if-it-was-similar-to-how-people-felt-when-they-first/) [Liane Moriarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liane-moriarty/) > [It's always the paragraphs I loved most, the ones I tenderly polished and re-read with pride, that my editor will suggest cutting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liane-moriarty/it-s-always-the-paragraphs-i-loved-most-the-ones-i-tenderly-polished/) [Liane Moriarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liane-moriarty/) > [“Recently, she’d noticed something strange happening when she talked to people in groups. She couldn’t quite remember how to be. She’d find herself thinking:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liane-moriarty/recently-she-d-noticed-something-strange-happening-when-she-talked-to/) [Liane Moriarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liane-moriarty/) > [“I won’t get involved in any school politics,” she’d said, and someone up there had overheard and hadn’t liked her attitude. Far too confident.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liane-moriarty/i-won-t-get-involved-in-any-school-politics-she-d-said-and-someone-up/) [Liane Moriarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liane-moriarty/) > [Early love is exciting and exhilarating. It's light and bubbly. Anyone can love like that. But after three children, after a separation and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liane-moriarty/early-love-is-exciting-and-exhilarating-it-s-light-and-bubbly-anyone/) [Liane Moriarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liane-moriarty/) > [“Did you know that some people wish the Berlin Wall had never come down?” said Esther. “That’s weird, isn’t it? Why would you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liane-moriarty/did-you-know-that-some-people-wish-the-berlin-wall-had-never-come/) [Liane Moriarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liane-moriarty/) > [“The weather wasn’t helping. It was far too lovely, mocking her pain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liane-moriarty/the-weather-wasn-t-helping-it-was-far-too-lovely-mocking-her-pain/) [Liane Moriarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liane-moriarty/) > [“Harper: Who said it was a feminist issue? What the heck? I’ll tell you what started it: the incident at the kindergarten orientation day.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liane-moriarty/harper-who-said-it-was-a-feminist-issue-what-the-heck-i-ll-tell-you/) [Liane Moriarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liane-moriarty/) > [“Why weren’t they just overcome with joy every time they looked at those kids? Why in the world were they divorcing?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liane-moriarty/why-weren-t-they-just-overcome-with-joy-every-time-they-looked-at/) [Liane Moriarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liane-moriarty/) > [“(Why did she think tall people couldn’t be crazy? Because they looked like they ruled the world?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liane-moriarty/why-did-she-think-tall-people-couldn-t-be-crazy-because-they-looked/) [Liane Moriarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liane-moriarty/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom-lost/liane-moriarty/#itemlist", "name": "1 Freedom Lost Quotes By Liane Moriarty", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A red traffic light loomed, and Cecilia slammed her foot on the brake. The fact that Polly no longer wanted a pirate party was breathtakingly insignificant in comparison to that poor man (thirty!) crashing to the ground for the freedom that Cecilia took for granted, but right now, she couldn’t pause to honor his memory, because a last-minute change of party theme was unacceptable. That’s what happened when you had freedom. 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