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title: "1 Really Mattered Quotes By Kimberly McCreight"
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> [“Clothes were to Sylvia what books were to me: the only thing that really mattered.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-mccreight/clothes-were-to-sylvia-what-books-were-to-me-the-only-thing-that/)

[Kimberly McCreight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-mccreight/)

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## More by Kimberly McCreight

> [ “...\[E\]ven I know that being a parent is awful ninety-five percent of the time...As far as I can tell, it's that last five percent… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-mccreight/e-ven-i-know-that-being-a-parent-is-awful-ninety-five-percent-of-the/)

[Kimberly McCreight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-mccreight/)

> [“One of the things that was great about my mom, as a mom, was that she always knew when she was being kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-mccreight/one-of-the-things-that-was-great-about-my-mom-as-a-mom-was-that-she/)

[Kimberly McCreight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-mccreight/)

> [“So much of what people believe makes no sense, Wylie.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-mccreight/so-much-of-what-people-believe-makes-no-sense-wylie/)

[Kimberly McCreight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-mccreight/)

> [“Barbara had stopped by the PTA office to talk to some of the mothers there, and she may have said a thing or two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-mccreight/barbara-had-stopped-by-the-pta-office-to-talk-to-some-of-the-mothers/)

[Kimberly McCreight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-mccreight/)

> [“I can live with you hating me for that. I'll have to. I can even live with you not hating him. Just dont forgive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-mccreight/i-can-live-with-you-hating-me-for-that-i-ll-have-to-i-can-even-live/)

[Kimberly McCreight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-mccreight/)

> [“Everyone has beacons. Lights that guide them home.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-mccreight/everyone-has-beacons-lights-that-guide-them-home/)

[Kimberly McCreight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-mccreight/)

> [“But the tour did remind me that my life had been bigger than just that one moment. One girl. One set of words on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-mccreight/but-the-tour-did-remind-me-that-my-life-had-been-bigger-than-just/)

[Kimberly McCreight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-mccreight/)

> [ “...\[T\]here's a fine line between wild and full-on whack job.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-mccreight/t-here-s-a-fine-line-between-wild-and-full-on-whack-job/)

[Kimberly McCreight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-mccreight/)

> [“Clothes were to Sylvia what books were to me: the only thing that really mattered.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-mccreight/clothes-were-to-sylvia-what-books-were-to-me-the-only-thing-that/)

[Kimberly McCreight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-mccreight/)

> [“Contrary to previous assumptions, maternal depression can also manifest in a myriad of ways, many far different from what some might consider traditional depressive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-mccreight/contrary-to-previous-assumptions-maternal-depression-can-also/)

[Kimberly McCreight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-mccreight/)

> [“No one wanted to talk to a mother whose only child had just killed herself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-mccreight/no-one-wanted-to-talk-to-a-mother-whose-only-child-had-just-killed/)

[Kimberly McCreight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-mccreight/)

> [“It was too late to change anything. Too late to make different choices. To be a better mother than she had been. Kate could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-mccreight/it-was-too-late-to-change-anything-too-late-to-make-different-choices/)

[Kimberly McCreight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-mccreight/)

> [“ONE CAN'T BUILD LITTLE WHITE PICKET FENCES TO KEEP NIGHTMARES OUT. -Anne Sexton”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-mccreight/one-can-t-build-little-white-picket-fences-to-keep-nightmares-out-2/)

[Kimberly McCreight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-mccreight/)

> [“It wouldn't have been so bad if I hadn't been counting the minutes until I could forgive her. But it's a lot harder to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-mccreight/it-wouldn-t-have-been-so-bad-if-i-hadn-t-been-counting-the-minutes/)

[Kimberly McCreight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-mccreight/)

> [“Because there are 176 definitions for the word loser on urbandictionary.com. Don't Be a Statistic.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-mccreight/because-there-are-176-definitions-for-the-word-loser-on/)

[Kimberly McCreight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-mccreight/)

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