--- title: "1 Surviving-tragedy Quotes By Sarah-Kate Lynch" description: "1 Surviving-tragedy quotes by Sarah-Kate Lynch. Plus more from Sarah-Kate Lynch and more Surviving-tragedy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/178/sarah-kate-lynch-23331_bad-things_in-the-past-i-think-i-had-corralled-rott_1170659.jpg" --- > [“In the past I think I had corralled rotten things into groups of three because at some level it gave me the impression I was controlling them, keeping track of them. In my world I believed the universe would only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kate-lynch/in-the-past-i-think-i-had-corralled-rotten-things-into-groups-of/) [Sarah-Kate Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kate-lynch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/178/sarah-kate-lynch-23331_bad-things_in-the-past-i-think-i-had-corralled-rott_1170659.jpg) ## More by Sarah-Kate Lynch > [“Do unto others as you would have done unto you. Manners aren't anything but a polite person being nice, no matter what everyone else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kate-lynch/do-unto-others-as-you-would-have-done-unto-you-manners-aren-t/) [Sarah-Kate Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kate-lynch/) > [“Sugar and the man in the Hawaiian shirt stepped forward and pulled him up. But as they stepped away again, the backs of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kate-lynch/sugar-and-the-man-in-the-hawaiian-shirt-stepped-forward-and-pulled/) [Sarah-Kate Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kate-lynch/) > [“Sugar had grown up in Charleston, South Carolina: possibly the most luscious of the world's garden cities. Behind every wrought-iron gate or exposed-brick wall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kate-lynch/sugar-had-grown-up-in-charleston-south-carolina-possibly-the-most/) [Sarah-Kate Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kate-lynch/) > [“Perched up on salvaged bricks, the half-pipes made perfect planters with an industrial edge that oddly complemented Sugar's pretty favorites: pansies, lantana, verbena and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kate-lynch/perched-up-on-salvaged-bricks-the-half-pipes-made-perfect-planters/) [Sarah-Kate Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kate-lynch/) > [“Theo and Sugar dated, just like normal people only slower. He bought her heart-shaped boxes of candy and living plants for her rooftop and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kate-lynch/theo-and-sugar-dated-just-like-normal-people-only-slower-he-bought/) [Sarah-Kate Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kate-lynch/) > [“Only worry about what you absolutely know about,' Mr. Worthington said to me, putting my mind back where it belonged. 'That's the key. Worrying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kate-lynch/only-worry-about-what-you-absolutely-know-about-mr-worthington-said/) [Sarah-Kate Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kate-lynch/) > [“All the bees knew Sugar; they carried their feelings for her with them in their genes, they could sense her from more than half…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kate-lynch/all-the-bees-knew-sugar-they-carried-their-feelings-for-her-with-them/) [Sarah-Kate Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kate-lynch/) > [“The next day there was still no sign of Sugar's 5A neighbor, although the window boxes had been rearranged overnight, the mint harvested and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kate-lynch/the-next-day-there-was-still-no-sign-of-sugar-s-5a-neighbor-although/) [Sarah-Kate Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kate-lynch/) > [“I've envied you over the years, carving out a different life for yourself, going where the wind blows you. That takes guts." For the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kate-lynch/i-ve-envied-you-over-the-years-carving-out-a-different-life-for/) [Sarah-Kate Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kate-lynch/) > [“In the past I think I had corralled rotten things into groups of three because at some level it gave me the impression I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kate-lynch/in-the-past-i-think-i-had-corralled-rotten-things-into-groups-of/) [Sarah-Kate Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kate-lynch/) > [“She was a great wife...and a wonderful mother, a good daughter, a devoted sister and a truly nice person, which doesn't sound like much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kate-lynch/she-was-a-great-wife-and-a-wonderful-mother-a-good-daughter-a-devoted/) [Sarah-Kate Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kate-lynch/) > [“In Santa Fe her whole yard had been crowded with different-sized terra-cotta pots, out of which she grew everything from rosemary and lavender to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kate-lynch/in-santa-fe-her-whole-yard-had-been-crowded-with-different-sized/) [Sarah-Kate Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kate-lynch/) > [“If there’s one thing I have learned it’s that if you carry on as though nothing strange is happening, it usually stops being strange”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kate-lynch/if-there-s-one-thing-i-have-learned-it-s-that-if-you-carry-on-as/) [Sarah-Kate Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kate-lynch/) > [“This is the thing no one prepares you for where disaster are concerned. There is no ominous black cloud, no spooky chill, no neon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kate-lynch/this-is-the-thing-no-one-prepares-you-for-where-disaster-are/) [Sarah-Kate Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kate-lynch/) > [“It was true. Sugar did treat her bees like next of kin but then again, they were. Along with her manners, the accent she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kate-lynch/it-was-true-sugar-did-treat-her-bees-like-next-of-kin-but-then-again/) [Sarah-Kate Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kate-lynch/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/surviving-tragedy/sarah-kate-lynch/#itemlist", "name": "1 Surviving-tragedy Quotes By Sarah-Kate Lynch", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In the past I think I had corralled rotten things into groups of three because at some level it gave me the impression I was controlling them, keeping track of them. In my world I believed the universe would only dish out so much shite before it realised it had overdone it and corrected matters. That, of course, turned out to be nonsense. 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