Quote by Laurie Frankel Download Open image ““Grass stain?” “Annoying, probably permanent, essentially harmless. Kind of ugly.”” — Laurie Frankel ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“She was thinking that the grass really could be greener on the other side of the fence. It depended on who wa standing in… — Lynne Rae Perkins Copy Share Image
“What if the stains are too great?” “No, you’ll see. It’s the stains that make us human,” — T.M. Frazier Copy Share Image
“You can scrub and scrub, but sometimes something doesn't just go away. It . . . it stains you.” — Lili St. Crow Copy Share Image
“Stains were a patchwork of mistakes you couldn't get rid of. They showed the world your real self, even the parts you didn't want… — Cammie McGovern Copy Share Image
“Ask not the grass to give you green, and later walk all over it.” — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
“Grass isn't greener on the other side of the fence ... it's just a different kind of grass.” — G.J. Phoenix Copy Share Image
“My lawn has brown spots. They’re not dead patches, they’re piles of poop. When you walk on the grass, try not to step in… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“...the grass actually IS greener on the other side, but it's only because of the bodies buried there.” — Robert Ford Copy Share Image
“You have to make these huge decisions on behalf of your kid, this tiny human whose fate and future is entirely in your hands, who trusts you to know what’s good and right and then to be able to make that happen. You never have enough information. You don’t get to see the future. And if you screw up, if… — Laurie Frankel Copy Share
“But by the time those acquaintances became close friends, it was too late. Perhaps there was a perfect moment in between, when you were… — Laurie Frankel Copy Share Image
“Parenthood is like that...the harder the choice, the less likely any of the options are good ones” — Laurie Frankel Copy Share Image
“...ultimately, eventually, we let go. We do this not because we're ready. We do this not because we've mended. We do this not because we've mourned and come to terms and gotten over it and moved on. We never move on. We don't let go so much as lose our grip and fall because remembering is not enough..memory is imperfect.… — Laurie Frankel Copy Share
“How did you teach your small human that it’s what’s inside that counts when the truth was everyone was pretty preoccupied with what you… — Laurie Frankel Copy Share Image
“The real trick is you have to forge your way straight ahead through the trees where there is no path.” — Laurie Frankel Copy Share Image
“Poems are surmountable. They have rhymes and rhythms to help you make meaning. They're short enough. . . to read and reread until you've made some sense of them. Short stories are a different ballgame. You read them and understand the words completely. You know what happens in each sentence. You follow the dialogue and action. at the end, you… — Laurie Frankel Copy Share
“Rosie was also used to conflicting emotions, for she was a mother and knew every moment of every day that no one out in… — Laurie Frankel Copy Share Image
“Writing a novel is like making soup. The base is a broth we make up wholesale—for instance, I have one child, not five, and am not only not a doctor but, in fact, am made woozy by paper cuts. Then, to that entirely made-up broth, we add a sprinkling of research, some chunks of childhood memories, a handful of sautéed… — Laurie Frankel Copy Share
“Easy is nice, but it’s not as good as getting to be who you are or stand up for what you believe in,” said… — Laurie Frankel Copy Share Image
“Turns out fixing people up is not how we make money. It's failing to fix people up while still giving them hope that soon… — Laurie Frankel Copy Share Image
“. . . there was nothing yet to fear, and so he passed it off as joy, as heart-pounding, pulse-quaking joy. Not as a… — Laurie Frankel Copy Share Image
