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> [I wrote in my first book that I was broken, and now it just makes me mad every time. This is why writing words in books is so precarious. This is why Jesus only wrote in the sand, right? I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle-melton/i-wrote-in-my-first-book-that-i-was-broken-and-now-it-just-makes-me/)

[Glennon Doyle Melton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle-melton/)

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## More by Glennon Doyle Melton

> [“Just do the next right thing, one thing at a time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle-melton/just-do-the-next-right-thing-one-thing-at-a-time/)

[Glennon Doyle Melton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle-melton/)

> [Sometimes the rewards of risk don't leave us wrecked. Sometimes we find our passion, our purpose, courage, connection, and comfort. Every good thing in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle-melton/sometimes-the-rewards-of-risk-don-t-leave-us-wrecked-sometimes-we/)

[Glennon Doyle Melton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle-melton/)

> [“Grief is nothing but a painful waiting, a horrible patience. Grief cannot be torn down or scaled or overcome or outsmarted. It can only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle-melton/grief-is-nothing-but-a-painful-waiting-a-horrible-patience-grief/)

[Glennon Doyle Melton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle-melton/)

> [I ask only child-free pals for parenting advice because they're the only ones sane and well-rested enough to have any real insight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle-melton/i-ask-only-child-free-pals-for-parenting-advice-because-they-re-the/)

[Glennon Doyle Melton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle-melton/)

> [“I'm trying to strip myself down to my barest essentials so I can figure out where I begin and where the woman the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle-melton/i-m-trying-to-strip-myself-down-to-my-barest-essentials-so-i-can/)

[Glennon Doyle Melton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle-melton/)

> [“Each day, we're making sandcastles I know will be washed away. I long for something solid, lasting, strong between us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle-melton/each-day-we-re-making-sandcastles-i-know-will-be-washed-away-i-long/)

[Glennon Doyle Melton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle-melton/)

> [To me, full-time mothering felt like way too much and yet not nearly enough. Lost in a landslide of diapers, birthday parties, and others'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle-melton/to-me-full-time-mothering-felt-like-way-too-much-and-yet-not-nearly/)

[Glennon Doyle Melton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle-melton/)

> [Rock bottom is a crisis... and everyone wants to avoid crisis. But what 'crisis' means literally is 'to sift' - like a child who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle-melton/rock-bottom-is-a-crisis-and-everyone-wants-to-avoid-crisis-but-what/)

[Glennon Doyle Melton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle-melton/)

> [We need to make friends with ourselves. We are stuck with our self all day, so let's be kinder, gentler, more amusing company. Let's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle-melton/we-need-to-make-friends-with-ourselves-we-are-stuck-with-our-self-all/)

[Glennon Doyle Melton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle-melton/)

> [The truth is that cleaning up socks and trying to get someone to really listen to you is marriage. It's less sweep you off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle-melton/the-truth-is-that-cleaning-up-socks-and-trying-to-get-someone-to/)

[Glennon Doyle Melton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle-melton/)

> [“If you can’t beat fear, just do it scared.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle-melton/if-you-can-t-beat-fear-just-do-it-scared/)

[Glennon Doyle Melton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle-melton/)

> [“The sun shows up every morning, no matter how bad youve been the night before. It shines without judgment. It never withholds. It warms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle-melton/the-sun-shows-up-every-morning-no-matter-how-bad-youve-been-the-night/)

[Glennon Doyle Melton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle-melton/)

> ['Brave' is very specific and extremely personal. It can't be judged by people on the outside. Just can't. Sometimes brave means letting everyone else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle-melton/brave-is-very-specific-and-extremely-personal-it-can-t-be-judged-by/)

[Glennon Doyle Melton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle-melton/)

> [I know how I like my house. I like it cute and cozy and a little funky, and I like it to feel lived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle-melton/i-know-how-i-like-my-house-i-like-it-cute-and-cozy-and-a-little-funky/)

[Glennon Doyle Melton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle-melton/)

> [I think of love and marriage in the same way I do plants: We have perennials and annuals. The perennial plant blooms, goes away,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glennon-doyle-melton/i-think-of-love-and-marriage-in-the-same-way-i-do-plants-we-have/)

[Glennon Doyle Melton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glennon-doyle-melton/)

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