Gretchen Anthony > Quotes

“Some people are meant to stay put, and some people are meant to go. But running is different than going. When you're running, you spend the whole time looking over your shoulder. To go forward, you gotta look forward.”
― Gretchen Anthony, The Kids Are Gonna Ask

“Home is where you're supposed to go when life gets too confusing to deal with alone. It's an instinct.”
― Gretchen Anthony, The Book Haters' Book Club

“Loyalty is tricky like that. It’s a priceless gift and so easy to give to the wrong people.”
― Gretchen Anthony, The Book Haters' Book Club

“Stories are shaped by the ones who tell them.”
― Gretchen Anthony, The Kids Are Gonna Ask

“It was a well-established fact that anyone who misquoted Lizzo was going straight to hell, and so it was only right she do what she could to save her sister from such a terrible fate.”
― Gretchen Anthony, The Book Haters' Book Club

“Sweetheart," her mom said, "motherhood is a lifelong lesson in learning to let go. Even if you had planned this child, gotten pregnant when all the pieces of your life seemed just exactly right, hand selected your doctor and hospital, and gone to the classes and read the books and done all that good stuff, the kid would still manage to surprise you. Because you're creating a life other than your own. A child that, from its very conception, is its own being with its own biology and personality and path. All a mother can really do is try to ensure safe passage along the way.”
― Gretchen Anthony, The Book Haters' Book Club

“Whether you believe me or not, Mom, this really isn't about you. It's about me realizing that if you keep yourself busy enough worrying about someone else's needs, you don't have to think about your own.”
― Gretchen Anthony, The Book Haters' Book Club

“We book people can be awful, prickish snobs. Why is a yummy romance any less worth of a reader's love than the latest New York literary sweetheart? I say if a certain type of book isn't your preferred cocktail, darling, simply put down the glass and order something new. You don't have to act as if you've been poisoned.”
― Gretchen Anthony, The Book Haters' Book Club

“Laney Hartwell wasn't sure which she wanted more: a doughnut, or a divorce.”
― Gretchen Anthony, The Book Haters' Book Club

“motherhood is a lifelong lesson in learning to let go.”
― Gretchen Anthony, The Book Haters' Book Club

“Ope!" they said in unison- because Minnesotans have a strange habit of apologizing for things that aren't necessarily their fault, and they do so with a single syllable that no one can really explain but everyone understands.”
― Gretchen Anthony, The Book Haters' Book Club

“No company she’s ever worked for has taken everything she can offer without asking for more. There is no “enough.”
― Gretchen Anthony, Tired Ladies Take a Stand

“Finally, Thom freed his hand and readied his exit. As if an afterthought, he stopped to look her in the eye and said, "Leaving is also brave.”
― Gretchen Anthony, The Book Haters' Book Club

“And he learned that the worries you think are confined to the space in your head can just as well show up outside it, written in bright letters for all to see.”
― Gretchen Anthony, The Kids Are Gonna Ask

“Home is where you’re supposed to go when life gets too confusing to deal with alone. It’s an instinct.”
― Gretchen Anthony, The Book Haters' Book Club

“Every one of us holds the entire universe inside ourselves. Books are the means through which we can explore it.”
― Gretchen Anthony, The Book Haters' Book Club

“It's a reminder. That everyone has a voice, and every voice deserves a place at the table.”
― Gretchen Anthony, The Kids Are Gonna Ask