Grace Palmer > Quotes

“But you also have to see that love is so precious. Isn’t it nice to know that there’s someone who wants what’s best for you, no matter what?”
― Grace Palmer, No Home Like Nantucket

“I know he did unforgivable things and betrayed me in ways I never could have imagined, but I still love him. That’s not going to go away overnight.”
― Grace Palmer, Just South of Paradise

“She was angry. She shook her head and cleared her mind of these thoughts. Now was not the time.”
― Grace Palmer, Just South of Paradise

“She had pushed all thoughts of Richard and her finances to a dark, distant place in her mind, but in doing so, she had mentally exhausted herself. Thoughts like that didn’t just go away. One had to negotiate with them, mortgage up energy and future well-being to keep them at bay. But in the end, they always caught up, and when they did, they took everything they were owed—with interest. Georgia’s thoughts had just caught up.”
― Grace Palmer, Just South of Paradise

“Relationships are hard. As hard a thing as exists in this world. It’s tough to share your entire world with another person. You have to rely on them at the same time that you have to make sure you’re not wholly dependent on them. It’s a tricky balancing act.”
― Grace Palmer, No Home Like Nantucket

“That was another reason she knew she was depressed: she hated everything she was doing, and yet she didn’t have the slightest desire to do anything different.”
― Grace Palmer, No Beach Like Nantucket

“If you find a good love, don’t let it go.”
― Grace Palmer, No Home Like Nantucket

“One year since the accident aboard Henry’s boat, Pour Decisions. One year since everything had changed forever for the Benson family. It had gone so fast—“with haste,” as Dominic had said. Thinking back on it now, she knew that this year had been so full of many moments both happy and sad.”
― Grace Palmer, No Home Like Nantucket

“A wise old man told me one time that trauma is like a ball inside a box, and it hurts every time the ball hits the sides. The ball never gets any smaller, but over time the box grows bigger, so that it hits the sides less and less.”
― Grace Palmer, Just South of Paradise