Lindsay Lackey > Quotes

“Grief changes us. It can turn us into something we don't recognize. But this --" She gestured toward the sky. " The music reminds me I'm loved. It brings me into life.”
― Lindsay Lackey, All the Impossible Things

“Grief isn't like anger. Anger can burn out. It can be released. But grief is something that becomes a part of you. And you either grow comfortable with it and learn how to live your life in a new way, or you get stuck in it, and it destroys you.”
― Lindsay Lackey, All the Impossible Things

“knowing the difference between hard and impossible is important, baby girl. Lots of things in life are hard. But nothing is impossible.”
― Lindsay Lackey, All the Impossible Things

“Sometimes the things that make up our world are scary. Sometimes they hurt us. Sometimes they destroy everything we love. But that doesn't mean we don't need them.”
― Lindsay Lackey, All the Impossible Things

“Gamma bit her lip, shaking her head a little. “Because knowing the difference between hard and impossible is important, baby girl. Lots of things in life are hard. But nothing is impossible. Remember: It always seems impossible…”
― Lindsay Lackey, All the Impossible Things

“Pain never really went away. It scarred over. It dulled. But its shadow always lingered.”
― Lindsay Lackey, All the Impossible Things

“Her mother was broken. Red knew that. Red was broken, too. Everybody was. But Red believed something that her mother didn't: that being broken didn't make happiness impossible. Harder, sometimes. But not impossible.
Red knew something else now, too. Brokenness wasn't the end.
It could be the start of something better.”
― Lindsay Lackey, All the Impossible Things

“Her mother was broken. Red knew that. Red was broken, too. Everybody was. But Red believed something that her mother didn't: that being broken didn't make happiness impossible. Harder, sometimes. But not impossible.”
― Lindsay Lackey, All the Impossible Things

“There’s always a woman hidden in history who did as much or more than any man,” Gamma said. “All you gotta do is look for her.”
― Lindsay Lackey, All the Impossible Things

“knowing the difference between hard and impossible is important, baby girl. Lots of things in life are hard. But nothing is impossible. Remember: It always seems impossible…”
― Lindsay Lackey, All the Impossible Things

“The stars are always there, always watching over us.” Celine waved a hand toward the sky. “We just can’t see them when it’s light. When darkness closes in, though, the stars shine brightest.”
― Lindsay Lackey, All the Impossible Things