“I lean down so that my face is right in front of hers and whisper, ‘He doesn’t love you. I love you.” — Kaui Hart Hemmings Betrayal Copy Share Image
“Perhaps I did nothing because I don't have enough fear to be a good parent.” — Kaui Hart Hemmings Fear Copy Share Image
Because feeling love does make you feel superior. Until you find out you aren't loved back. — Kaui Hart Hemmings Doe Copy Share Image
Thats how you know you love someone, I guess, when you cant experience anything without wishing the other person were there to… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Being in love Copy Share Image
“Fuck', I think. What a beautiful word. If I could say only one thing for the rest of my life, that would… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Beautiful word Copy Share Image
“Get used to it. She'll be there for the rest of your life. She'll be there on birthdays, at Christmastime, when you… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Children Copy Share Image
“If Joanie dies before me, I wonder if I’ll ever be with another woman. I can’t imagine going through all of the… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Another woman Copy Share Image
“I tell Esther she should ease up on lard. There's no need to mix lard in with Scottie's rice, chicken, and beans.… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Blogs Copy Share Image
“I picture Cully tromping through that high, deep snow. That's how I feel physically from all of this. Moving through grief like… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Feel Copy Share Image
I don't ask what Alex sees in him because I'm afraid my disapproval will make her latch on to him even more.… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Alex Copy Share Image
“Stop it, Barry,” Joanie said. “Get ahold of yourself. This is just how we work.” I agreed. When she told Shelley I… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Barry Copy Share Image
“Say goodbye to your mom.” Scottie pauses, then keeps going. “Scottie.” “Bye!” she yells. I grab her arm. I could yell at… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Daughter Copy Share Image
A sea of red lights, and I slow down. My job now is to gather everyone together and tell them we have… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Doctors Copy Share Image
“TIA OR TARA has stopped applying makeup to my wife’s face and is looking at Scottie with disapproval. The light is hitting… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Children Copy Share Image
“I’d like you to come to Kauai with me,” I say. “And Scottie. I think it would be good to get her… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Alex-king Copy Share Image
“Scottie and I walk down the hall. Her T-shirt says MRS. CLOONEY,” — Kaui Hart Hemmings George clooney Copy Share Image
Why is it so hard to articulate love yet so easy to express disappointment? — Kaui Hart Hemmings Articulate Copy Share Image
That's how you know you love someone, I guess, when you can't experience anything without wishing the other person were there to… — Kaui Hart Hemmings I miss you Copy Share Image
I'm sorry," I say. "I didn't give you everything you wanted. I wasn't everything you wanted. You were everything I wanted. — Kaui Hart Hemmings Giving Copy Share Image
...we’re just kids growing up on an island, doing bad things in pretty places. — Kaui Hart Hemmings Bad thing Copy Share Image
“I bet in big cities you can walk down the street scrowling and no one will ask you what's wrong or encourage… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Paradise Copy Share Image
I'll never be ready. Yet at the same time, you always want to reach the end. You can't fly to a destination… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Air Copy Share Image
“Do you guys have sunscreen?” I ask. “No,” Scottie says. “Do we have water?” “Did you bring any?” Alex asks. “No,” I… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Alex-king Copy Share Image
I think grief and fear are going to come to him suddenly. They'll be undiluted and words won't work. We're all going… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Answers Copy Share Image
The sun is shining, mynah birds are chattering, palm trees are swaying, so what. I'm in the hospital and I'm healthy. My… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Airplane Copy Share Image
“We continue to eat, the conversation easy and flowing. I listen to everything everyone says, an urgency to pay attention, to not… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Communication Copy Share Image
“She looks at the Dictaphone in my hand. “Are you recording this?” “No, Alex, I was summarizing a deposition.” “How can you… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Alex-king Copy Share Image
“We need to get home and put some ointments and ice on the stings. Vinegar will make it worse, so if you… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Daughter Copy Share Image
“I wouldn’t know what to do with daughters,' he says. 'Exchange them for sons?' 'But then I could wind up with something… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Children Copy Share Image
“We don’t treat each other very well, I suppose. Even from the start. It was as though we had the seven-year itch… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Couple Copy Share Image
“I had to ask Scottie what TYVM meant, because now that I’ve narrowed into her activities, I notice she is constantly text-messaging… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Daughter Copy Share Image
“There’s something different about her. I realize it’s her breasts—they’re huge. I see that she’s stuffed her bikini top with wet balls… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Alex-king Copy Share Image
“Hey,” he says. I feel foolish for being out of breath and standing over him. The moonlight cuts a line down my… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Bonding time Copy Share Image
“I hope she can’t tell that I’m appraising her and that I’m completely worried by what I see. She’s excitable and strange.… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Daughters-of-darkness Copy Share Image
“Your phone’s vibrating,” Scottie says. She takes my cell phone out of her pocket, the phone she has stolen from me to… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Alex-king Copy Share Image
“I drift off for a while. I don't know how long, but when I open my eyes, the Oscars are still on… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Business Copy Share Image
“I see Dr. Johnston at the end of the hall, walking toward us. He stops talking to the other doctors and gestures… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Matt-king Copy Share Image
