--- title: "1 Hand Jealousy Quotes By Carol Rifka Brunt" description: "1 Hand Jealousy quotes by Carol Rifka Brunt. Plus more from Carol Rifka Brunt and more Hand Jealousy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfd/carol-rifka-brunt-3944_jealousy-and-envy_i-needed-to-know-that-my-mother-understo_2119921.png" --- > [“I needed to know that my mother understood that her hand was in this too. That all the jealousy and envy and shame we carried was our own kind of sickness. As much a disease as Toby and Finn’s AIDS.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-rifka-brunt/i-needed-to-know-that-my-mother-understood-that-her-hand-was-in-this/) [Carol Rifka Brunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-rifka-brunt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfd/carol-rifka-brunt-3944_jealousy-and-envy_i-needed-to-know-that-my-mother-understo_2119921.png) ## More by Carol Rifka Brunt > [“There was something so electric about it. So dangerous. Those little touches were everything. I lived fro them. You can build a whole world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-rifka-brunt/there-was-something-so-electric-about-it-so-dangerous-those-little/) [Carol Rifka Brunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-rifka-brunt/) > [“It seemed like life was a sort of narrowing tunnel. Right when you were born, the tunnel was huge. You could be anything. Then,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-rifka-brunt/it-seemed-like-life-was-a-sort-of-narrowing-tunnel-right-when-you/) [Carol Rifka Brunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-rifka-brunt/) > [“Opening a present from a live person was scary enough. There was always the chance that the gift might be so wrong, so completely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-rifka-brunt/opening-a-present-from-a-live-person-was-scary-enough-there-was/) [Carol Rifka Brunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-rifka-brunt/) > [“I wasn't interested in drinking beer or vodka or smoking cigarettes or doing all the other things Greta thinks I can't even imagine. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-rifka-brunt/i-wasn-t-interested-in-drinking-beer-or-vodka-or-smoking-cigarettes/) [Carol Rifka Brunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-rifka-brunt/) > [You get into habits. Ways of being with certain people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-rifka-brunt/you-get-into-habits-ways-of-being-with-certain-people/) [Carol Rifka Brunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-rifka-brunt/) > [“Things you'd never even seen with Finn could remind you of him, because he was the one person you'd want to show. "Look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-rifka-brunt/things-you-d-never-even-seen-with-finn-could-remind-you-of-him/) [Carol Rifka Brunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-rifka-brunt/) > [“Because maybe I don't want to leave the planet invisible. Maybe I need at least one person to remember something about me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-rifka-brunt/because-maybe-i-don-t-want-to-leave-the-planet-invisible-maybe-i-need/) [Carol Rifka Brunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-rifka-brunt/) > [I stared hard, trying to find a pattern. Thinking if I kept looking hard enough, maybe the pieces of the world would fit back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-rifka-brunt/i-stared-hard-trying-to-find-a-pattern-thinking-if-i-kept-looking/) [Carol Rifka Brunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-rifka-brunt/) > [“But maybe I am. Maybe that’s exactly what I am. Maybe all I wanted was for Toby to hear the wolves that lived in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-rifka-brunt/but-maybe-i-am-maybe-that-s-exactly-what-i-am-maybe-all-i-wanted-was/) [Carol Rifka Brunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-rifka-brunt/) > [“We both knew we were the biggest nerds in the whole world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-rifka-brunt/we-both-knew-we-were-the-biggest-nerds-in-the-whole-world/) [Carol Rifka Brunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-rifka-brunt/) > [“I didn’t want to care, but somehow, like always, I did. She was wired into my heart. Twisted and kinked and threaded right through.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-rifka-brunt/i-didn-t-want-to-care-but-somehow-like-always-i-did-she-was-wired/) [Carol Rifka Brunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-rifka-brunt/) > [“What kind of party?” “The good kind.” “Yeah, right.” Greta knows that for me there are no good parties. I’m okay with one or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-rifka-brunt/what-kind-of-party-the-good-kind-yeah-right-greta-knows-that-for-me/) [Carol Rifka Brunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-rifka-brunt/) > [“I stared out the window for the rest of the journey. Building, tree, car, car, van, wall, vacant lot, van. I stared hard, trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-rifka-brunt/i-stared-out-the-window-for-the-rest-of-the-journey-building-tree-car/) [Carol Rifka Brunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-rifka-brunt/) > [“Greta knows that for me there are no good parties. I’m okay with one or two people, but more than that and I turn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-rifka-brunt/greta-knows-that-for-me-there-are-no-good-parties-i-m-okay-with-one/) [Carol Rifka Brunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-rifka-brunt/) > [“I thought it was good to test yourself sometimes. It was good to see how much you could take.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-rifka-brunt/i-thought-it-was-good-to-test-yourself-sometimes-it-was-good-to-see/) [Carol Rifka Brunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-rifka-brunt/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hand-jealousy/carol-rifka-brunt/#itemlist", "name": "1 Hand Jealousy Quotes By Carol Rifka Brunt", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I needed to know that my mother understood that her hand was in this too. That all the jealousy and envy and shame we carried was our own kind of sickness. 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