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title: "1 Shut Thoughts Quotes By Allison Winn Scotch"
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> [I press my eyes shut and will the thoughts away. But they refuse to comply, and instead, they lodge themselves in the crevasses of my brain, poking out just enough that I know they're still with me, like a tiny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-winn-scotch/i-press-my-eyes-shut-and-will-the-thoughts-away-but-they-refuse-to/)

[Allison Winn Scotch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-winn-scotch/)

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## More by Allison Winn Scotch

> [“Outside, with Labor Day having come and gone, summer is fighting a dying battle against the fall air. The leaves are hanging perilously on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-winn-scotch/outside-with-labor-day-having-come-and-gone-summer-is-fighting-a/)

[Allison Winn Scotch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-winn-scotch/)

> [“The strangest thing about returning to an enclave that encapsulated your youth is that you feel like nothing should have changed. Like you still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-winn-scotch/the-strangest-thing-about-returning-to-an-enclave-that-encapsulated/)

[Allison Winn Scotch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-winn-scotch/)

> [“I'd recognized it only recently. I wasn't sure if it was because she had changed or I had, but it didn't really matter. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-winn-scotch/i-d-recognized-it-only-recently-i-wasn-t-sure-if-it-was-because-she/)

[Allison Winn Scotch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-winn-scotch/)

> [“Happiness is what you choose, what you follow, not what follows you. These are the things I have seen, these are the things I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-winn-scotch/happiness-is-what-you-choose-what-you-follow-not-what-follows-you/)

[Allison Winn Scotch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-winn-scotch/)

> [“motherhood is like this: a series of tiny moments that add up to an enormous love, with lots of other moments of frustration and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-winn-scotch/motherhood-is-like-this-a-series-of-tiny-moments-that-add-up-to-an/)

[Allison Winn Scotch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-winn-scotch/)

> [“There is a moment in every relationship when one of the parties senses its imminent demise. There's a moment of incredible clarity when your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-winn-scotch/there-is-a-moment-in-every-relationship-when-one-of-the-parties/)

[Allison Winn Scotch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-winn-scotch/)

> [“I feel like I’m caught in time, caught in a perfect moment inside a snow globe that maybe I’d beg my mom for at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-winn-scotch/i-feel-like-i-m-caught-in-time-caught-in-a-perfect-moment-inside-a/)

[Allison Winn Scotch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-winn-scotch/)

> [“My spine shoots up straight like I'd been plugged into an eight-volt, and the mere sight of him literally causes my breath to leave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-winn-scotch/my-spine-shoots-up-straight-like-i-d-been-plugged-into-an-eight-volt/)

[Allison Winn Scotch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-winn-scotch/)

> [“But I suppose our childhoods are seeds inside of us that plant roots forever, even when we’re certain their life cycles have long since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-winn-scotch/but-i-suppose-our-childhoods-are-seeds-inside-of-us-that-plant-roots/)

[Allison Winn Scotch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-winn-scotch/)

> [But what's regret anyway? Regret, I am learning these days, is a lot of things. But mostly, it's a slippery seed of longing, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-winn-scotch/but-what-s-regret-anyway-regret-i-am-learning-these-days-is-a-lot-of/)

[Allison Winn Scotch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-winn-scotch/)

> [“You have to know... What you have to know in all of this, through all of this, is that no matter how lost you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-winn-scotch/you-have-to-know-what-you-have-to-know-in-all-of-this-through-all-of/)

[Allison Winn Scotch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-winn-scotch/)

> [“Mostly, people are who they are. But if you accept this about them, you can move forward and build from there—then, they can surprise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-winn-scotch/mostly-people-are-who-they-are-but-if-you-accept-this-about-them-you/)

[Allison Winn Scotch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-winn-scotch/)

> [“And that, despite the fact that we'd broken up seven years prior and I'd been the one to finally—firmly and permanently—walk away from him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-winn-scotch/and-that-despite-the-fact-that-we-d-broken-up-seven-years-prior-and-i/)

[Allison Winn Scotch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-winn-scotch/)

> [“The past is who you are. The future is what you do with that.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-winn-scotch/the-past-is-who-you-are-the-future-is-what-you-do-with-that/)

[Allison Winn Scotch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-winn-scotch/)

> [“...I realize that lessons are meant to be learned, honored even, or else you can spend your life running so far from them that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-winn-scotch/i-realize-that-lessons-are-meant-to-be-learned-honored-even-or-else/)

[Allison Winn Scotch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-winn-scotch/)

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