Robin Reul > Quotes

“There are so many things in life that you simply can't control. You just have to accept them, even if they don't make sense.”
― Robin Reul, My Kind of Crazy

“None of it matters, and all of it matters too much.”
― Robin Reul, My Kind of Crazy

“Everybody needs somebody who gets their kind of crazy, right?”
― Robin Reul, My Kind of Crazy

“When I’m around you, I feel like I can do anything. You helped me let go, feel free, and give myself permission to move forward. For the first time in my life, I’m not scared of anything.”
― Robin Reul, My Kind of Crazy

“The future is suddenly imminent, and it doesn't look like I'd expected. It's like I've lost my sense of place and purpose and my ability to see anything good up ahead, and it scares me a hell of a lot more than letting go of this.”
― Robin Reul, Where the Road Leads Us

“Add that to the list of disappointments life has dealt my dad. The only thing worse than losing his wife and superjock son and being left with me would be if I were a girl. “I’m”
― Robin Reul, My Kind of Crazy

“There's the story we tell ourselves and the story we tell everyone else.”
― Robin Reul, My Kind of Crazy

“I can see pats her frizzy hair and baggy clothes straight to her soul, and I swear she's so beautiful.”
― Robin Reul, My Kind of Crazy

“Everything feels broken,” I continue, “and not the kind of broken that can be fixed. Like the kind of broken that stays broken.” “But sometimes broken things can be put back together differently. It may not be what it was before, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be something else potentially good.”
― Robin Reul, Where the Road Leads Us

“Peyton: I'd never seen you so excited. I just wanted to see you that happy again.”
― Robin Reul, My Kind of Crazy

“As soon as he leaves, I make the executive decision that given the circumstances, there will be no school or work today. First I call O’Callaghan and give him some bullshit excuse, but I need something legitimate for school in case I need to stretch it out for a while.

I call the attendance office and lower my voice two octaves, thickening my New England accent to play Dad. I go with the first thing that pops in my head. I tell the woman that my son, Hank, is very ill. It could be flu, but there’s a possibility it could be encephalitis. The woman sounds shocked and concerned, so I know I’ve picked a good excuse. When I hang up, Peyton starts cracking up.

“What? What’s so funny?”

“Encephalitis is brain inflammation.”

“Shit, I overdid it. I meant bronchitis. All I know is, there’s no way I can deal with school today.”
― Robin Reul, My Kind of Crazy

“There's this amazing thing called the Internet, Hank. It's like a genie. You ask it questions, and it gives you answers.”
― Robin Reul, My Kind of Crazy

“If there's one thing I've learned from reading a million books and streaming hours of Netflix over the past two years, it's that feeling scared almost always signals a chance to dig deep and find out what we're capable of. Time to rise up.”
― Robin Reul, Where the Road Leads Us

“Sometimes, to help make sense of things, we tell ourselves stories and we convince ourselves that they're true, but that doesn't mean they really are.”
― Robin Reul, My Kind of Crazy

“Despite her hacked hair, bruised body, and broken spirit, she is absolutely radiant, and I know I can never let anyone hurt her again.”
― Robin Reul, My Kind of Crazy