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> [“Life, I now realize, is just one big trek across a minefield and you never know which step is going to blow you up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-goldberg-sloan/life-i-now-realize-is-just-one-big-trek-across-a-minefield-and-you/)

[Holly Goldberg Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-goldberg-sloan/)

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## More by Holly Goldberg Sloan

> [“Hadn't someone once said love was attention? No more, no less. There was attention, and there was obsession, and there was possession.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-goldberg-sloan/hadn-t-someone-once-said-love-was-attention-no-more-no-less-there-was/)

[Holly Goldberg Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-goldberg-sloan/)

> [ “\[T\]he deepest form of pain comes out as silence.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-goldberg-sloan/t-he-deepest-form-of-pain-comes-out-as-silence/)

[Holly Goldberg Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-goldberg-sloan/)

> [I'll be ready. I'm not sure for what exactly. But maybe that's what being ready really means.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-goldberg-sloan/i-ll-be-ready-i-m-not-sure-for-what-exactly-but-maybe-that-s-what/)

[Holly Goldberg Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-goldberg-sloan/)

> [And just being there is ninety-nine percent of what matters when your world falls apart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-goldberg-sloan/and-just-being-there-is-ninety-nine-percent-of-what-matters-when-your/)

[Holly Goldberg Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-goldberg-sloan/)

> [“The trains full of the Strange ran on time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-goldberg-sloan/the-trains-full-of-the-strange-ran-on-time/)

[Holly Goldberg Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-goldberg-sloan/)

> [“It would look pretty messed up to be a social worker and have dried kid blood as a permanent stain in your vehicle.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-goldberg-sloan/it-would-look-pretty-messed-up-to-be-a-social-worker-and-have-dried/)

[Holly Goldberg Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-goldberg-sloan/)

> [“I have seen trees that survive fire. Their bark is burned and their limbs are dead branches. But hidden under that skeleton is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-goldberg-sloan/i-have-seen-trees-that-survive-fire-their-bark-is-burned-and-their/)

[Holly Goldberg Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-goldberg-sloan/)

> [From my observation, the older you get, the more you like the word cozy. That's why most of the elderly wear pants with elastic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-goldberg-sloan/from-my-observation-the-older-you-get-the-more-you-like-the-word-cozy/)

[Holly Goldberg Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-goldberg-sloan/)

> [“I want to see this lady out the front gate and into her car and off the street and out of town and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-goldberg-sloan/i-want-to-see-this-lady-out-the-front-gate-and-into-her-car-and-off/)

[Holly Goldberg Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-goldberg-sloan/)

> [“I think it's important to get pictures of things on your head. Even if they are wrong. And they pretty much always are.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-goldberg-sloan/i-think-it-s-important-to-get-pictures-of-things-on-your-head-even-if/)

[Holly Goldberg Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-goldberg-sloan/)

> [“Emily just knew that the grocery store clerk’s cousin had slipped on a bath mat and fallen out a second-story open window only to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-goldberg-sloan/emily-just-knew-that-the-grocery-store-clerk-s-cousin-had-slipped-on/)

[Holly Goldberg Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-goldberg-sloan/)

> [A second can feel like forever if what follows is heartbreak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-goldberg-sloan/a-second-can-feel-like-forever-if-what-follows-is-heartbreak/)

[Holly Goldberg Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-goldberg-sloan/)

> [I'm putting my place in the universe into perspective. I'm stardust. I'm golden brown. I'm just one small bit in a vast expanse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-goldberg-sloan/i-m-putting-my-place-in-the-universe-into-perspective-i-m-stardust-i/)

[Holly Goldberg Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-goldberg-sloan/)

> [“Every person has lots of ingredients to make them into what is always a one-of-a-kind creation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-goldberg-sloan/every-person-has-lots-of-ingredients-to-make-them-into-what-is-always/)

[Holly Goldberg Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-goldberg-sloan/)

> [“And endings are always the beginnings of something else.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-goldberg-sloan/and-endings-are-always-the-beginnings-of-something-else/)

[Holly Goldberg Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-goldberg-sloan/)

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