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> [“…once she had believed the world could become new again, that the right people in the right place could make up any rules they wanted. And none of this was true. They had all paid the price. And really, where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcbride/once-she-had-believed-the-world-could-become-new-again-that-the-right/)

[Laura McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcbride/)

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## More by Laura McBride

> [“What are the words to say to someone who gave you back your life, who believed that you still had a soul, who acknowledged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcbride/what-are-the-words-to-say-to-someone-who-gave-you-back-your-life-who/)

[Laura McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcbride/)

> [“I’d rather live knowing I made a mistake than wondering if I could have made a difference if I’d tried. The way I see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcbride/i-d-rather-live-knowing-i-made-a-mistake-than-wondering-if-i-could/)

[Laura McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcbride/)

> [“To always know how quickly life could change, how quickly everything important could disappear, to always be trying to feel this unexpectedly beautiful life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcbride/to-always-know-how-quickly-life-could-change-how-quickly-everything/)

[Laura McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcbride/)

> [“We never know how high we are Till we are called to rise; And then, if we are true to plan, Our statures touch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcbride/we-never-know-how-high-we-are-till-we-are-called-to-rise-and-then-if/)

[Laura McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcbride/)

> [“That's one thing I learned from Ray Senior. You don't owe an explanation to anybody but the Lord, and most people will stop asking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcbride/that-s-one-thing-i-learned-from-ray-senior-you-don-t-owe-an/)

[Laura McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcbride/)

> [“It all matters. That someone turns out the lamp, picks up the windblown wrapper, says hello to the invalid, pays at the unattended lot,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcbride/it-all-matters-that-someone-turns-out-the-lamp-picks-up-the-windblown/)

[Laura McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcbride/)

> [“And what one thinks in the middle of the night is never true anyway. I never worry about the right thing in the middle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcbride/and-what-one-thinks-in-the-middle-of-the-night-is-never-true-anyway-i/)

[Laura McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcbride/)

> [“The way I see it, nothing in life is a rehearsal. It's not preparation for anything else. There's no getting ready for it. There's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcbride/the-way-i-see-it-nothing-in-life-is-a-rehearsal-it-s-not-preparation/)

[Laura McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcbride/)

> [“I shiver with anger and hold on to the beautiful strength of this clean emotion”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcbride/i-shiver-with-anger-and-hold-on-to-the-beautiful-strength-of-this/)

[Laura McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcbride/)

> [“Mrs. Monaghan says we don’t always have to say what we like and what we don’t like. We should just practice dealing with it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcbride/mrs-monaghan-says-we-don-t-always-have-to-say-what-we-like-and-what/)

[Laura McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcbride/)

> [“But if, sometimes, an unspeakable horror arises from the smallest error, I choose to believe that it’s possible for an equally unimaginable grandeur to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcbride/but-if-sometimes-an-unspeakable-horror-arises-from-the-smallest-error/)

[Laura McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcbride/)

> [“And, really, if she had been given the choice- the whole choice, the good, and the bad, the pain and the glory,- she would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcbride/and-really-if-she-had-been-given-the-choice-the-whole-choice-the-good/)

[Laura McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcbride/)

> [“Life perfects us, if we let it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcbride/life-perfects-us-if-we-let-it/)

[Laura McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcbride/)

> [“We say 'Thank you very much' and 'I so appreciate what you have done' to people who fill our grocery bags, to people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcbride/we-say-thank-you-very-much-and-i-so-appreciate-what-you-have-done-to/)

[Laura McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcbride/)

> [“What I want is for the life I lived to matter still. I have already been young. I have…a child. I have reared another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-mcbride/what-i-want-is-for-the-life-i-lived-to-matter-still-i-have-already/)

[Laura McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-mcbride/)

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