Lesley Crewe > Quotes

“So often there are crossroads in your life, when things can go right or horribly wrong. We never know when something we say or do will turn a person's life around.”
― Lesley Crewe, Amazing Grace

“You take all this for granted. You do it every day of your life, eating with your loved ones around you, but you hardly ever stop to think about what a gift it is. How fortunate we are to have this quiet time at the end of the day.”
― Lesley Crewe, Amazing Grace

“So much of our lives depend on just one move, one way or the other. If I'd turned left instead of right that day...”
― Lesley Crewe, The Spoon Stealer

“What happens to one member of a family sends ripples through the nervous system of others. You are not one individual. You belong together.”
― Lesley Crewe, The Spoon Stealer

“All of us think our mothers have to be perfect, better than anyone else. It's too bad we don't see them as people until we grow up ourselves.”
― Lesley Crewe, Amazing Grace

“Math is not my strong suit. Neither is French. I am absolutely hopeless at French. It's like a foreign language.”
― Lesley Crewe, Nosy Parker

“Life is like a recipe. What do you want in your life cake? What ingredients do you need to make it rise and taste wonderful? Sometimes the simplest recipe is the best, because the more you add to the mix, the more things can go wrong.”
― Lesley Crewe, Recipe for a Good Life

“I met the Homeville Women's Institute, a whole gaggle of rural women who have monthly meetings to make their community better. They realized that by joining together they had a stronger voice, and that is empowering,”
― Lesley Crewe, Recipe for a Good Life

“You always give him the benefit of the doubt.” “That’s called marriage, Louise. It’s a constant battle between remembering what you like about someone and trying to forget what you hate about them. At a certain point, you know you’re not going to leave the life you built together, so you just soldier on.”
― Lesley Crewe, The Spoon Stealer

“I say we do something for ourselves," Bette said. "Let's forget miserable parents and in-laws and ungrateful kids and two-timing husbands. When's the last time we did anything for us? Other than fire the latest Oprah Book Club Selection out the window.”
― Lesley Crewe, Hit & Mrs.

“Impossibly, we inhale everything. There's nothing left on our plates but cookie crumbs and flakes of golden pastry. Our bellies hang out like wasted old men drunk on mouthwash. "Now, that was better than sex," he says.”
― Lesley Crewe, Chloe Sparrow

“You never know where life might take you when you make one small decision. It could end up changing your life forever.”
― Lesley Crewe, The Spoon Stealer

“Become an editor,' they said. 'You love books.' they said. I do love books; I just hate the people who write them.”
― Lesley Crewe, Recipe for a Good Life

“Sometimes a person can forget they’re alive until they feel the sun on the top of their head and the click of their shoes on the pavement. And two little dogs who bring them to every smelly thing imaginable.”
― Lesley Crewe, The Spoon Stealer

“I spent what seemed like hours listening to the mind-numbing details of life in Tudor England. The only fact that stays with me is King Henry VIII was definitely a serial killer. Several headless queens can vouch for that.”
― Lesley Crewe, Nosy Parker

“When someone plants a seed in our brain, it’s astonishing how well we keep it watered, all by ourselves.”
― Lesley Crewe, The Spoon Stealer

“Her mother always said that if you didn't have anything nice to say, you shouldn't say anything at all.”
― Lesley Crewe, Kin

“There was a sharp rap on the door. Her aunt Faith shouted, "No wonder psychology is your major. You and your split personality get out of this bathroom. Some of us have old bladders, ya know."
....God. Can't a person have a little privacy?"

Faith pushed her aside. "Not when you hear voices in your head." She shut the door in her face.
Lily hit it with the palm of her hand. "Your latent hostility is a sign of unfulfilled desire!"

Faith yelled out, "You're so right. My desire to pee.”
― Lesley Crewe, Shoot Me

“The sun was setting in the West, the birds were singing on every tree. All nature seemed inclined for to rest, but still there was no rest for me.”
― Lesley Crewe, Shoot Me