Tish Delaney > Quotes

“She kept me so firmly focused on all the good things that would happen one day because so many bad things happened every day. But that meant I missed out on a thousand gems that were right under my nose.”
― Tish Delaney, Before My Actual Heart Breaks

“I had sixteen years at The Hill. I learned to pray there and I learned to give up on prayers there. I learned how to keep my mouth shut, to not let a single thing show on my face though my insides churned and burned. I learned that I was nothing. I learned how to take a slap and to never forget that it was no one’s fault but mine that I’d needed it.”
― Tish Delaney, Before My Actual Heart Breaks

“I stand, my cat stretches himself, ready for the plod around the perimeter. His creaky yawn tells me that he doesn’t have a care in the world except his supper – lucky little rascal.”
― Tish Delaney, Before My Actual Heart Breaks