Kerry Anne King > Quotes

“I keep waiting for some great life purpose to rise up in front of me and declare itself, but I don’t seem to be wired for greatness.”
― Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This

“Whisper me this, my darling, my love The song of the moonlight, of stars up above. Whisper me truth, love, and whisper me lies, Warm days of winter, cold summer skies. Whisper me anger, whisper me rain, Whisper me flowers, then whisper me pain. When I come to die, love, then whisper me this The shape of a memory, the truth of a kiss. Whisper me, whisper me, whisper”
― Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This

“A familiar web of worry and indecision grounds me in my accustomed reality.”
― Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This

“Avoiding talking about things is much more dangerous than having conversations.”
― Kerry Anne King, Everything You Are

“My mother is present in every room of the house. She’s always in my head. Her grave is the last place in the world I feel close to her. But today is about some kind of symbolic gesture,”
― Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This

“His anger is not my fault. I am not responsible for his behavior, then or now.”
― Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This

“But I am not brave, and I have never been strong enough to carry the weight of my mother’s ambitions and expectations, to bear the brunt of her obsessive love.”
― Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This

“I’m a bit psychic.” She glances up at him, measuring the impact of her words, then returns her gaze to the fire. “It left me wide open to people’s emotions when I was younger. I didn’t know how to shield myself. I didn’t believe what I’m telling you now, that people have to carry their own burdens, that they’re responsible for their own emotional journeys. I sank under the weight of it all. And so I started drinking.”
― Kerry Anne King, Everything You Are

“It’s funny how life spins, how we go on for long stretches of time and nothing changes, and then all at once, in a single moment, everything is altered.”
― Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This

“I really really really want a touch of magic and adventure in my life.”
― Kerry Anne King, Improbably Yours

“My mother used to say that parenting classes should be mandatory before people were allowed to reproduce. She didn’t mean this to apply to herself, of course, but to the ignorant hordes whose children run wild in Walmart, pillaging candy bars and throwing tantrums. At this moment, I’m thinking there should be a mandatory university degree, which includes not only psychology but also existential philosophy.”
― Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This

“I think you need to trust that people are strong enough to carry the truth.”
― Kerry Anne King, Every Thing You Are

“I was confused”
― Kerry Anne King, Closer Home

“me this A lifetime of memories, and one final kiss.”
― Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This

“Whisper me this, my darling, my love The song of the moonlight, of stars up above Whisper me truth, love, and whisper me lies Warm days of winter, cold summer skies Whisper me anger, whisper me rain Whisper me flowers, then whisper me pain When I come to die, love, then whisper me this The shape of a memory, the truth of a kiss.”
― Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This

“And still, through all this overwhelming grief and fear and loss, my anger is an ever-present demon. It tangles itself in all the other emotions, stealing the sweetness from my love, poisoning my fear. I watch from the doorway, until finally everything stops.”
― Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This

“Whisper me this, my darling, my love The song of the moonlight, of stars up above Whisper me truth, love, and whisper me lies Warm days of winter, cold summer skies Whisper me anger, whisper me rain Whisper me flowers, then whisper me pain When I come to die, love, then whisper me this The shape of a memory, the truth of a kiss. Whisper me, whisper me, whisper me this A lifetime of memories, and one final kiss.”
― Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This

“It left me wide open to people’s emotions when I was younger. I didn’t know how to shield myself. I didn’t believe what I’m telling you now, that people have to carry their own burdens, that they’re responsible for their own emotional journeys.”
― Kerry Anne King, Everything You Are

“But whether you believe or not, I think prayer is an act of love, a conscious desire for good. It also helps to create a separate space for what you feel regarding the well-being of others.”
― Kerry Anne King, I Wish You Happy

“The number one thing I would tell you is this. You can’t fix people. You can’t change people. So the trick, if there is one, is to differentiate. Your emotion. Their emotion. Your responsibility. Their responsibility. Oh, you can offer your friendship, your support, even your help. But what somebody does with that is entirely up to them.” “That’s”
― Kerry Anne King, I Wish You Happy

“We need food and shelter first, before we need anything else, because without those things we will die. Then we need people to love. Once we have people to love, then we can learn to love ourselves and start working toward the things we are good at, the things that make us happy.”
― Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This

“Trust me.
He doesn't. He can't. Not because she'd ever hurt him on purpose but because she doesn't know what she's doing.”
― Kerry Anne King, Every Thing You Are

“Before reason has time to catch up with me, I'm sitting on the window ledge, poised between fates. A deep breath, and I swing my legs through the window and take the leap, old enough to know that for every such act of rebellion, there must always be consequences.”
― Kerry Anne King, Closer Home

“You’re not broken, Rae, dear, and therefore not in need of fixing. You are designed to be more. You weren’t meant to be what we call normal, not that normal really exists.” She goes on as if she’s still talking to me, but her gaze zeroes in on Cole. “The number one thing I would tell you is this. You can’t fix people. You can’t change people. So the trick, if there is one, is to differentiate. Your emotion. Their emotion. Your responsibility. Their responsibility. Oh, you can offer your friendship, your support, even your help. But what somebody does with that is entirely up to them.” “That’s it?” Cole asks. “All of that stuff you taught me, about shielding, about imagery, about toning down the energy . . .” “That was you. This is Rae.” Again she smiles at me, but this time it’s tinged with sadness. “You are welcome anytime, to come sit in my garden. To talk, or not to talk. And I can tell you tricks and tools and teach you what I know. But if you can understand and grasp what I’ve just told you, that’s the balancing point. The first step.”
― Kerry Anne King, I Wish You Happy

“I catch her picking the thing up and carrying it for a step or two before remembering that she’s supposed to lean on it, not use it as a fashion accessory.”
― Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This

“Don’t fight what you cannot change.”
― Kerry Anne King, Everything You Are

“fucked up, insecure, neurotic, and emotional.”
― Kerry Anne King, Everything You Are

“My memories are going to hurt people. "

"Whatever happened already happened," she says. "So the harm is already done.”
― Kerry Anne King, Every Thing You Are

“The new normal is me being allowed to deviate from routine.”
― Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This

“Whatever happened already happened," she says. "So the harm is already done.”
― Kerry Anne King, Every Thing You Are