--- title: "23 Sometimes Quotes By Deb Caletti" description: "23 Sometimes quotes by Deb Caletti. Plus more from Deb Caletti and more Sometimes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/deb-caletti-697_choices_sometimes-good-choices-are-really-bad-on_2131156.png" --- > [Sometimes good choices are really bad ones, wrapped up in so much fear you can't even see straight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/sometimes-good-choices-are-really-bad-ones-wrapped-up-in-so-much-fear/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/deb-caletti-697_choices_sometimes-good-choices-are-really-bad-on_2131156.png) > [Because words were hills and valleys you traveled, so lovely sometimes that they hurt your eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/because-words-were-hills-and-valleys-you-traveled-so-lovely-sometimes/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/594/deb-caletti-697_eye_because-words-were-hills-and-valleys-you_222968.png) > [I don’t know why we do it. But sometimes we just swim straight for the net.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/i-don-t-know-why-we-do-it-but-sometimes-we-just-swim-straight-for-the/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/729/deb-caletti-697_sometimes_i-don-t-know-why-we-do-it-but-sometimes_2646265.png) > [Sometimes that´s all you need…, to know it´s not broken. To know you’re still whole and that you’ll heal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/sometimes-that-s-all-you-need-to-know-it-s-not-broken-to-know-you-re/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/526/deb-caletti-697_broken_sometimes-that-s-all-you-need-to-know-it_308800.png) > [Maybe sometimes you just feel like everything can be taken from you all at once.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/maybe-sometimes-you-just-feel-like-everything-can-be-taken-from-you/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0d/deb-caletti-697_feel_maybe-sometimes-you-just-feel-like-every_1968043.png) > [Fear was the biggest bullshitter, he’d said. But sometimes, too, fear told the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/fear-was-the-biggest-bullshitter-he-d-said-but-sometimes-too-fear/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88e/deb-caletti-697_fear_fear-was-the-biggest-bullshitter-he-d-sa_1964199.png) > [Sometimes you've got to make a mess before you clean it up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/sometimes-you-ve-got-to-make-a-mess-before-you-clean-it-up/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cc/deb-caletti-697_clean_sometimes-you-ve-got-to-make-a-mess-befo_1478464.png) > [Sometimes you can cattle rope your heart and sometimes you can't, is all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/sometimes-you-can-cattle-rope-your-heart-and-sometimes-you-can-t-is/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/deb-caletti-697_cattle_sometimes-you-can-cattle-rope-your-heart_2332457.png) > [This was what happened after you'd been together with someone a long time. You loved that it was old and worn and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/this-was-what-happened-after-you-d-been-together-with-someone-a-long/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f45/deb-caletti-697_long_this-was-what-happened-after-you-d-been_2449876.png) > [Sometimes I’ve even wished there was a human pause button, where you could choose some point in your life where you could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/sometimes-i-ve-even-wished-there-was-a-human-pause-button-where-you/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/439/deb-caletti-697_buttons_sometimes-i-ve-even-wished-there-was-a-h_3174063.png) > [I'd always thought telling the truth to other people was hard, but maybe that was a snap compared to telling the truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/i-d-always-thought-telling-the-truth-to-other-people-was-hard-but/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96d/deb-caletti-697_people_i-d-always-thought-telling-the-truth-to_1095026.png) > [Sometimes you're sure dogs have some secret, superior intelligence, and other times you know they're only their simple, goofy selves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/sometimes-you-re-sure-dogs-have-some-secret-superior-intelligence-and/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc3/deb-caletti-697_animal_sometimes-you-re-sure-dogs-have-some-sec_2309121.png) > [Sometimes you build up these walls, you build and you build and you build up these walls and you think they’re so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/sometimes-you-build-up-these-walls-you-build-and-you-build-and-you/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/006/deb-caletti-697_fingers_sometimes-you-build-up-these-walls-you-b_239164.png) > [But what I wanted back had never really been there. He was a temporary illusion, a mirage of water after walking in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/but-what-i-wanted-back-had-never-really-been-there-he-was-a-temporary/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/deb-caletti-697_attitude_but-what-i-wanted-back-had-never-really_2017449.png) > [But sometimes, too, you have this little feeling of knowing, this fuzzy, gnawing sense that someone will become a major something in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/but-sometimes-too-you-have-this-little-feeling-of-knowing-this-fuzzy/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e5/deb-caletti-697_feeling_but-sometimes-too-you-have-this-little-f_816677.png) > [Are you getting your period?" She narrows her eyes. No! God. I hate that. I hate when every negative act is blamed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/are-you-getting-your-period-she-narrows-her-eyes-no-god-i-hate-that-i/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/622/deb-caletti-697_bitchiness_are-you-getting-your-period-she-narrows_2767220.jpg) > [Sometimes maybe you should let someone you love travel great distances away from you. You shouldn’t think you needed to set out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/sometimes-maybe-you-should-let-someone-you-love-travel-great/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50b/deb-caletti-697_annabelle_sometimes-maybe-you-should-let-someone-y_1319891.png) > [Sometimes you think you've found love, when it's really just one of those objects that are shiny in a certain light--a trophy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/sometimes-you-think-you-ve-found-love-when-it-s-really-just-one-of/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de0/deb-caletti-697_be-careful_sometimes-you-think-you-ve-found-love-wh_2265219.jpg) > [A person shows signs of clutching on too fast, of being needy, of not hearing the word "no," of jealousy, of guarding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/a-person-shows-signs-of-clutching-on-too-fast-of-being-needy-of-not/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/442/deb-caletti-697_feel-good_a-person-shows-signs-of-clutching-on-too_2992445.png) > [Sometimes love is a surprise, an instant of recognition, a sudden gift at a sudden moment that makes everything different from then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/sometimes-love-is-a-surprise-an-instant-of-recognition-a-sudden-gift/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/deb-caletti-697_different_sometimes-love-is-a-surprise-an-instant_2718749.jpg) > [Have you worked here long?" Sebastian asks. Just a few months," I say. "Do you come here a lot?" As if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/have-you-worked-here-long-sebastian-asks-just-a-few-months-i-say-do/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59c/deb-caletti-697_climbs_have-you-worked-here-long-sebastian-asks_1904531.png) > [I tended to give a book a chance and another chance and another, sometimes seeing it all the way to the end,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/i-tended-to-give-a-book-a-chance-and-another-chance-and-another/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcd/deb-caletti-697_another-chance_i-tended-to-give-a-book-a-chance-and-ano_2103424.jpg) > [We hurt each other, is the point. Hurt, annoy, embarrass, but move on. People, it just doesn't work that way. Your own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/we-hurt-each-other-is-the-point-hurt-annoy-embarrass-but-move-on/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ed/deb-caletti-697_ability_we-hurt-each-other-is-the-point-hurt-ann_1692404.jpg) ## Other authors on Sometimes ## More by Deb Caletti > [“More, much more, will happen after this. Things involving maps and books and true love and tragedy, tragedy like you wouldn't believe. But fine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/more-much-more-will-happen-after-this-things-involving-maps-and-books/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [“Hannah and Kayla are talking without saying anything. Their conversation goes like this: Hannah: Uh-huh. Kayla: It was like, ugh! Hannah: I know. Kayla:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/hannah-and-kayla-are-talking-without-saying-anything-their/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [Another person is, at the heart of it, unknowable. And if you cannot know a person enough to always guess what they’re capable of,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/another-person-is-at-the-heart-of-it-unknowable-and-if-you-cannot/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/that-s-what-people-do-who-love-you-they-put-their-arms-around-you-and/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [If fate is a shape-shifter, then loves is too. It can be, anyway, in its most dangerous form. It´s your best day and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/if-fate-is-a-shape-shifter-then-loves-is-too-it-can-be-anyway-in-its/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [If you don't participate, you're just taking up oxygen. (Bunny) Life is a banquet. Approach it with hunger. (Chuck)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/if-you-don-t-participate-you-re-just-taking-up-oxygen-bunny-life-is-a/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [“You wanted more from people sometimes. And sometimes,you wanted more from yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/you-wanted-more-from-people-sometimes-and-sometimes-you-wanted-more/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [Because that’s how it works after something terrible has happened. You know this is true if something terrible has ever happened to you. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/because-that-s-how-it-works-after-something-terrible-has-happened-you/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [“Good guy. There was efficiency to male language. Those two words were what guys said about other guys that they really respected. Guys they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/good-guy-there-was-efficiency-to-male-language-those-two-words-were/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [“In a world of insanity, nothing is sacred. It's an insane world, nothing is sacred.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/in-a-world-of-insanity-nothing-is-sacred-it-s-an-insane-world-nothing/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [“And because he was nice in the beginning did not mean he was a good man.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/and-because-he-was-nice-in-the-beginning-did-not-mean-he-was-a-good/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [“I like those very realistic paintings that look like photographs, or novels that are so much like actual life that you feel understood.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/i-like-those-very-realistic-paintings-that-look-like-photographs-or/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [This is what happens when nice people are pushed too far. We give too many chances, and so when we've finally had enough, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/this-is-what-happens-when-nice-people-are-pushed-too-far-we-give-too/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [“I confess I had a Child of Divorce Reunion Fantasy Number One Thousand, where I for a moment imagined my father finding out that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/i-confess-i-had-a-child-of-divorce-reunion-fantasy-number-one/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) > [so what brings you to the doctor today?" "hmm, im afraid i have the chronic desire to save people" "i know about that. i've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/so-what-brings-you-to-the-doctor-today-hmm-im-afraid-i-have-the/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sometimes/deb-caletti/#itemlist", "name": "23 Sometimes Quotes By Deb Caletti", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sometimes good choices are really bad ones, wrapped up in so much fear you can't even see straight.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Deb Caletti" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/sometimes-good-choices-are-really-bad-ones-wrapped-up-in-so-much-fear/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/deb-caletti-697_choices_sometimes-good-choices-are-really-bad-on_2131156.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/deb-caletti-697_choices_sometimes-good-choices-are-really-bad-on_2131156.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/deb-caletti-697_choices_sometimes-good-choices-are-really-bad-on_2131156.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sometimes good choices are really bad ones, wrapped up in so much fear you can't even see straight.” — Deb Caletti", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Because words were hills and valleys you traveled, so lovely sometimes that they hurt your eyes.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Deb Caletti" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/because-words-were-hills-and-valleys-you-traveled-so-lovely-sometimes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/594/deb-caletti-697_eye_because-words-were-hills-and-valleys-you_222968.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/594/deb-caletti-697_eye_because-words-were-hills-and-valleys-you_222968.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/594/deb-caletti-697_eye_because-words-were-hills-and-valleys-you_222968.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Because words were hills and valleys you traveled, so lovely sometimes that they hurt your eyes.” — Deb Caletti", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don’t know why we do it. 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No! God. I hate that. I hate when every negative act is blamed on your period.\" Sometimes bitchiness is just bitchiness, happily unattached to anything hormonal. It should get full credit.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Deb Caletti" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/are-you-getting-your-period-she-narrows-her-eyes-no-god-i-hate-that-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/622/deb-caletti-697_bitchiness_are-you-getting-your-period-she-narrows_2767220.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/622/deb-caletti-697_bitchiness_are-you-getting-your-period-she-narrows_2767220.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/622/deb-caletti-697_bitchiness_are-you-getting-your-period-she-narrows_2767220.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Are you getting your period?\" She narrows her eyes. No! God. I hate that. 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Hurt, annoy, embarrass, but move on. People, it just doesn't work that way. Your own feelings get so complicated that you forget the ways another human being can be vulnerable. You spend a lot of energy protecting yourself. All those layers and motivations and feelings. You get hurt, you stay hurt sometimes. The hurt affects your ability to go forward. And words. All the words between us. Words can be permanent. 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