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> [“You’re trying to paint things as either black or white,” he said. “As either good or evil. It’s never that neat.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-chamberlain/you-re-trying-to-paint-things-as-either-black-or-white-he-said-as/)

[Diane Chamberlain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-chamberlain/)

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## More by Diane Chamberlain

> [“They're threatened by you,' she said. 'You chose to do something they'd never have the gumption to choose for themselves. Being their own person.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-chamberlain/they-re-threatened-by-you-she-said-you-chose-to-do-something-they-d/)

[Diane Chamberlain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-chamberlain/)

> [“Maybe if I’d never set foot in the chapel, everything would have turned out okay. I would have learned to be satisfied with what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-chamberlain/maybe-if-i-d-never-set-foot-in-the-chapel-everything-would-have/)

[Diane Chamberlain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-chamberlain/)

> [“We can’t always have what we want in life. I should know that by now.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-chamberlain/we-can-t-always-have-what-we-want-in-life-i-should-know-that-by-now/)

[Diane Chamberlain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-chamberlain/)

> [“Two decades had passed, yet she still saw her parents' bloodied bodies in every shooting victim she treated.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-chamberlain/two-decades-had-passed-yet-she-still-saw-her-parents-bloodied-bodies/)

[Diane Chamberlain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-chamberlain/)

> [“...justice comes in many forms.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-chamberlain/justice-comes-in-many-forms/)

[Diane Chamberlain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-chamberlain/)

> [“It's not my mind that's sick... It's my soul. ...and there aren't any drugs that are gonna fix that.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-chamberlain/it-s-not-my-mind-that-s-sick-it-s-my-soul-and-there-aren-t-any-drugs/)

[Diane Chamberlain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-chamberlain/)

> [“But he had a story. I guess everybody did. People walked around with this thick dark film sticking to them and until you scratched…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-chamberlain/but-he-had-a-story-i-guess-everybody-did-people-walked-around-with/)

[Diane Chamberlain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-chamberlain/)

> [I'd been a terrific student. I hadn't wasted a moment of my time in school, and I knew plenty about healing the troubled mind.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-chamberlain/i-d-been-a-terrific-student-i-hadn-t-wasted-a-moment-of-my-time-in/)

[Diane Chamberlain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-chamberlain/)

> [“You’re trying to paint things as either black or white,” he said. “As either good or evil. It’s never that neat.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-chamberlain/you-re-trying-to-paint-things-as-either-black-or-white-he-said-as/)

[Diane Chamberlain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-chamberlain/)

> [“Let’s reframe what you’re going through, Maggie,” he said. “I’d like you to think of it as grief.” “For the people who died?” “No.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-chamberlain/let-s-reframe-what-you-re-going-through-maggie-he-said-i-d-like-you/)

[Diane Chamberlain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-chamberlain/)

> [“what I have with Laurel is public and shallow. What I have with you is private and deep. Which part of me would you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-chamberlain/what-i-have-with-laurel-is-public-and-shallow-what-i-have-with-you-is/)

[Diane Chamberlain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-chamberlain/)

> [“There should be a public outcry about what happened to me and other women in the name of our government! But history has shown…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-chamberlain/there-should-be-a-public-outcry-about-what-happened-to-me-and-other/)

[Diane Chamberlain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-chamberlain/)

> [“You and me," I said,"we both got the same kind of hurt inside us." She nodded, and suddenly, just like that, I knew I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-chamberlain/you-and-me-i-said-we-both-got-the-same-kind-of-hurt-inside-us-she/)

[Diane Chamberlain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-chamberlain/)

> [“Do you love him? I shook my head. “I love you,” I said, before I could stop myself. He looked away from me. “A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-chamberlain/do-you-love-him-i-shook-my-head-i-love-you-i-said-before-i-could-stop/)

[Diane Chamberlain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-chamberlain/)

> [“done for the last few days has been completely wrong, even though you did it with the best of intentions. This is the risk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-chamberlain/done-for-the-last-few-days-has-been-completely-wrong-even-though-you/)

[Diane Chamberlain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-chamberlain/)

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