Miranda Smith > Quotes

“Get”
― Miranda Smith, Not My Mother

“If there’s one thing I’ve learned about parenting, it’s this: children don’t hear what you say, they watch what you do.”
― Miranda Smith, The Family Home

“Grief is a hard beast to fight, mainly because it stays alongside you the rest of your life. An unwanted companion.”
― Miranda Smith, The School Trip

“Usually, people go through life experiencing nothing more than close calls. Very rarely does the feeling of complete hopelessness consume you.”
― Miranda Smith, The School Trip

“It’s the same paralyzing fear that allowed me to put up with my father’s abuse for so long. I enabled his behavior”
― Miranda Smith, Did You See Evie?

“We’re going to have to let you go.” “This is the only mistake I’ve ever made—” “It was a big one.”
― Miranda Smith, The One Before

“The”
― Miranda Smith, Some Days Are Dark

“Eileen is true—” “Do you think it’s true?” I stare at her, hoping she’ll be honest. Although, honesty is hard in this complicated situation. She’s my mother, and even I don’t know if I believe what they’re saying about her. I know I don’t want to believe it. “It’s never my responsibility to decide whether a person did the crime they’re accused of committing. My job is to argue reasonable doubt. I find the holes in the prosecution’s case and go from there.” “Do you think there is reasonable doubt? Are there holes in the case?” “You already know the police are alleging your mother’s”
― Miranda Smith, Not My Mother

“In the half hour I’ve known her, I’ve picked up on her innate ability to aggravate people.”
― Miranda Smith, The One Before

“They’re right; the idea of having to book things months in advance and hire out every detail is a millennial concept.”
― Miranda Smith, The One Before

“The most convincing lies are born from truth.”
― Miranda Smith, Loving Mothers

“Nothing is ever truly resolved when left untreated. Nothing is ever truly overcome when left ignored.”
― Miranda Smith, The One Before

“Then, I realized death isn’t that frightening—it happens to us all, eventually. What’s truly terrifying is the amount of people who don’t ever live their lives.”
― Miranda Smith, The Killer’s Family

“People shout accusations and whisper apologies.”
― Miranda Smith, The One Before

“We’d all act differently if we knew how important these final moments were. But we don’t know, so instead, we act as humans do. We take what we love for granted.”
― Miranda Smith, The School Trip

“Prosecutors seek the truth, defense attorneys defend”
― Miranda Smith, Not My Mother

“We humans are drawn to tragedy in the same way we’re mesmerized by fire: its power, its unpredictability, its warmth.”
― Miranda Smith, The One Before

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― Miranda Smith, His Loving Wife