Abbie Greaves > Quotes

“There is a special type of grief that comes from packing up your expectations for your own future.”
― Abbie Greaves, The Silent Treatment

“We were singing from two utterly different hymn sheets, and for the first time in our marriage, I wasn’t sure I could see a way back to harmony.”
― Abbie Greaves, The Silent Treatment

“there will always be one question that can never find a sufficient answer. “Maybe just ‘why?’,”
― Abbie Greaves, Anywhere for You

“Camminerei a piedi nudi fino alla fine del mondo se questo mi permettesse di passare più tempo con lei.”
― Abbie Greaves, The Silent Treatment

“So, there is always a chance to change your own story?” “Yeah, I’d say so.”
― Abbie Greaves, The Silent Treatment

“We expect so much of love. And yet, like all of us, it can falter and it can fail. Mary has learned the hard way that love cannot always save the day. But it may well still show us how to save ourselves.”
― Abbie Greaves, Anywhere for You

“We were young, we were happy, we were fun. We would exhaust the mattress until the early hours, but still, when the lights were out and I had my head on the pillow, finally alone with my own thoughts, there was always that feeling of something being not quite right.”
― Abbie Greaves, The Silent Treatment

“In life, there are so many things we always think we will get round to fixing—the slow puncture in the back wheel of a bike, the niggling ache, a fractured relationship. If there is one thing the past week has taught Frank, it is that you can never rely on time being on your side.”
― Abbie Greaves, The Silent Treatment

“Tell me what you want to be doing instead." "Pardon?" "The end goal. The one you dream about when you're working the real job. I always find that very telling.”
― Abbie Greaves, Anywhere for You

“Love wasn't about the moments when you were dancing on the ceiling, it was about picking each other up from the floor.”
― Abbie Greaves, Anywhere for You

“The thing was, for all my frustrations, I couldn't see a way out of it. He was, by most measures, a catch. Would I do better? Did I really have the energy to try? Deep down, I knew that I was hard to like, let alone love. I have so many edges, sharp ones at that, ones that can't be filed down. There was only so much that I could change about myself and surely I should settle for someone who was interested enough in me to stick around? If anyone knows how difficult that is to find, it's me.”
― Abbie Greaves, The Silent Treatment