All Deb Caletti Quotes
- But, dear God, don't listen to me. I'm an old lady in the middle of nowhere without a real toilet. Dear
- Empathy took the edge off, and the truth is, we need our edge. Our edge is trying to speak to us, and we are too,… Edge
- It was all the things you could never understand and could never possess that made you ache. Ache
- Cars are all jammed up all along the road and a light turns red and someone honks. In every one of those cars there is… Al
- I tended to give a book a chance and another chance and another, sometimes seeing it all the way to the end, still hoping for… All
- We should have the right to have someone leave when we want, to only allow those in who we want in. But the truth is,… Allow
- If you don't participate, you're just taking up oxygen. (Bunny) Life is a banquet. Approach it with hunger. (Chuck) Approach
- she wonders if we feel more regret for the things we do or for the things we didn't do Feel
- I'd always thought telling the truth to other people was hard, but maybe that was a snap compared to telling the truth to yourself. Sometimes… Always Thought
- Being needed was a handy trick. It could fill you up so full you never even noticed all the places that were empty. All
- I had let want in, opened the door ever so slightly. But want without the belief you can get what you want is pointless. You… Beacon
- Maybe we all just wanted someone to believe in. That's all each of us wanted, and it should be so simple, but it never was… All
- Control was just wishful thinking, and you controlled things to hedge your bets, to be safe, to guard against loss. Bets
- It was possible, maybe, to have facts in your mind that weren't facts at all. You could build a whole life's story on false assumptions.… All
- No one is ever quite as strong or as weak as you'd think. Ever Quite
- Maybe it was wrong, or maybe impossible, but I wanted the truth to be one thing. One solid thing. Impossible
- Sometimes good choices are really bad ones, wrapped up in so much fear you can't even see straight. Bad
- Love was also an easy word, used carelessly. Felons and creeps could offer it coated in sugar, and users could dangle it so enticingly that… Anchors
- I began to learn the importance of lifting things up and looking underneath. Began
- We look down our noses at people who've made mistakes in relationships. She's so stupid! How could she do that! Our superiority makes us feel… Bet
- I finally learned that it was all right to say something wasn’t working for me when it wasn’t working. The world doesn’t come crashing down… All
- But, finally, I had to open my eyes. I had to stop keeping secrets. The truth, thankfully, is insistent. What I saw then made action… Action
- The world was large, so large. Bigger than it had been before. Family, too, a bigger word. That felt like a good thing. An essential… Been
- Sometimes you've got to make a mess before you clean it up. Clean
- I grow green beans in my garden. The one thing I know about harvesting them is that you need to train your eyes to see… All