Robyn Lucas > Quotes

“Don’t make yourself smaller and apologize for existing by saying “I don’t know” and “I’m sorry” when you didn’t do anything wrong. Trust what you know. Take up space. Be yourself. Step into your power and live your life. —Dr. Ayana Jamieson, from “A Note of Encouragement,” 2019”
― Robyn Lucas, Paper Doll Lina

“Four walls. Four corners. Them on the outside. Nancy on the inside, where she was safe.”
― Robyn Lucas, Maybe She'll Stay

“You’re never going to be alone. Love never really goes away; you just have to look for it a little harder. Pay attention to the small things. Notice the life around you, because it’s there.”
― Robyn Lucas, Maybe She'll Stay

“soundly without prescription-strength help.”
― Robyn Lucas, Paper Doll Lina

“Cold, greasy fries and stale chicken sandwiches with wilted lettuce were the perfect sad dinner for her sad state. It was almost poetic.”
― Robyn Lucas, Maybe She'll Stay

“Her brain felt like her mom had opened her skull with a can opener and used a hand mixer on her gray matter until it was fluffy peaks. Up, down, left, right? They were all the same to her now. Nothing quite made sense, and she’d even forgotten the reason why she’d initially called her mom.”
― Robyn Lucas, Maybe She'll Stay

“Blood doesn’t make people family. Choice does.”
― Robyn Lucas, Maybe She'll Stay

“Am I broken?” “Hell yeah. But who isn’t?”
― Robyn Lucas, Maybe She'll Stay

“It’s like the sun is shining brighter now that you’re here.”
― Robyn Lucas, Maybe She'll Stay

“There was something primal in having another person’s warm hands touch her skin. That was the thing: another person’s hands always felt warmer against her flesh than her own.”
― Robyn Lucas, Maybe She'll Stay

“You won. You’re alive.”
― Robyn Lucas, Maybe She'll Stay