--- title: "22 Way Quotes By Deb Caletti" description: "22 Way quotes by Deb Caletti. Plus more from Deb Caletti and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/deb-caletti-697_cry_i-thought-i-might-cry-the-way-you-do-whe_1694408.png" --- > [I thought I might cry, the way you do when someone gives you some kindness when you most need it but when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/i-thought-i-might-cry-the-way-you-do-when-someone-gives-you-some/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/deb-caletti-697_cry_i-thought-i-might-cry-the-way-you-do-whe_1694408.png) > [The most insane things can become normal if you have them around you long enough. A mind can’t seem to hold anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/the-most-insane-things-can-become-normal-if-you-have-them-around-you/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b19/deb-caletti-697_crazy_the-most-insane-things-can-become-normal_1072597.png) > [I always say that, for me, writing a book is like a wacky Greyhound bus trip - I know where I'm starting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/i-always-say-that-for-me-writing-a-book-is-like-a-wacky-greyhound-bus/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/deb-caletti-697_along_i-always-say-that-for-me-writing-a-book_173232.jpg) > [...wanting things for the wrong reasons can turn anyone's life into a marshmallow on a stick over a hot fire: impossibly messy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/wanting-things-for-the-wrong-reasons-can-turn-anyone-s-life-into-a/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84b/deb-caletti-697_fire_wanting-things-for-the-wrong-reasons-can_3113656.png) > [If letting go, if letting people and things work themselves out in the way that they needed to without your help was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/if-letting-go-if-letting-people-and-things-work-themselves-out-in-the/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/750/deb-caletti-697_hardest_if-letting-go-if-letting-people-and-thin_1864072.png) > [So I put up with bad behavior in the name of loving the way I thought you were supposed to love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/so-i-put-up-with-bad-behavior-in-the-name-of-loving-the-way-i-thought/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac7/deb-caletti-697_bad-behavior_so-i-put-up-with-bad-behavior-in-the-nam_869276.png) > [I don’t know why we insist on pain when pain is so often easy to eliminate. It’s funny the ways we try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/i-don-t-know-why-we-insist-on-pain-when-pain-is-so-often-easy-to/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea8/deb-caletti-697_committed_i-don-t-know-why-we-insist-on-pain-when_2286310.png) > [She would bring you some great book because she was a book matchmaker, because she loved books the way other girls loved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/she-would-bring-you-some-great-book-because-she-was-a-book-matchmaker/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08e/deb-caletti-697_book_she-would-bring-you-some-great-book-beca_1735804.png) > [Maybe I was being too picky. Maybe I didn't want to be close to anyone. Maybe I'd just be the type who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/maybe-i-was-being-too-picky-maybe-i-didn-t-want-to-be-close-to-anyone/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/280/deb-caletti-697_feels_maybe-i-was-being-too-picky-maybe-i-didn_864483.png) > [The way two people can end up in the same place, find each other in a crowd, and change their lives and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/the-way-two-people-can-end-up-in-the-same-place-find-each-other-in-a/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/337/deb-caletti-697_approval_the-way-two-people-can-end-up-in-the-sam_2890791.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) > [You could put your confusion and upset and worries into whatever book you were reading. You could sort of set them down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/you-could-put-your-confusion-and-upset-and-worries-into-whatever-book/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08d/deb-caletti-697_book_you-could-put-your-confusion-and-upset-a_279008.png) > [Those questions you have? Whether he's the one, whether you feel about him the way you should, or whether the relationship is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/those-questions-you-have-whether-he-s-the-one-whether-you-feel-about/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/deb-caletti-697_answers_those-questions-you-have-whether-he-s-th_1522388.jpg) > [It's strange, isn't it, how the idea of belonging to someone can sound so great? It can be comforting, the way it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/it-s-strange-isn-t-it-how-the-idea-of-belonging-to-someone-can-sound/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30a/deb-caletti-697_belonging_it-s-strange-isn-t-it-how-the-idea-of-be_2102467.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) > [Each story, good and bad, short or long-from that trip to the mall when you saw Santa, to a long, bad illness-they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/each-story-good-and-bad-short-or-long-from-that-trip-to-the-mall-when/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31c/deb-caletti-697_beautiful_each-story-good-and-bad-short-or-long-fr_1555218.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) > [We should have the right to have someone leave when we want, to only allow those in who we want in. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/we-should-have-the-right-to-have-someone-leave-when-we-want-to-only/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d74/deb-caletti-697_cards_we-should-have-the-right-to-have-someone_2419757.jpg) > [It was more work than it seemed, looking through a telescope, as the Earth was continually moving and you had to move…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/it-was-more-work-than-it-seemed-looking-through-a-telescope-as-the/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a15/deb-caletti-697_arms_it-was-more-work-than-it-seemed-looking_1522276.jpg) > [Here is something that Peach, one of the Casserole Queens, says about men and women and love. You know that scene in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/here-is-something-that-peach-one-of-the-casserole-queens-says-about/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/deb-caletti-697_and-love_here-is-something-that-peach-one-of-the_262091.png) > [The six rules of maybe 1. respect the power of hope and possibilites. Begin with beleif. Hold onto it. 2. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/the-six-rules-of-maybe-1-respect-the-power-of-hope-and-possibilites/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/380/deb-caletti-697_begin-again_the-six-rules-of-maybe-1-respect-the-pow_2748225.png) > [Maybe a person's world can grow bigger in all the right ways, not too wide that it becomes shallow, just large enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/maybe-a-person-s-world-can-grow-bigger-in-all-the-right-ways-not-too/) [Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4e/deb-caletti-697_bigger_maybe-a-person-s-world-can-grow-bigger-i_3087040.png) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/way/deb-caletti/#itemlist", "name": "22 Way Quotes By Deb Caletti", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I thought I might cry, the way you do when someone gives you some kindness when you most need it but when it seems the most surprising thing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Deb Caletti" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/i-thought-i-might-cry-the-way-you-do-when-someone-gives-you-some/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/deb-caletti-697_cry_i-thought-i-might-cry-the-way-you-do-whe_1694408.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/deb-caletti-697_cry_i-thought-i-might-cry-the-way-you-do-whe_1694408.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/deb-caletti-697_cry_i-thought-i-might-cry-the-way-you-do-whe_1694408.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I thought I might cry, the way you do when someone gives you some kindness when you most need it but when it…” — Deb Caletti", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The most insane things can become normal if you have them around you long enough. 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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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