Gracie Ruth Mitchell > Quotes

“...how is it possible that our thoughts don't change our bodies on a cellular level? It seems inconceivable that the workings of my blood and bones and organs aren't affected by the knowledge I obtain. How can information that shakes your reality be limited to the thoughts that dwell in your mind?”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder

“I don’t know how it’s possible to miss someone and resent them, to love them and hate them all at the same time. To be glad they’re gone and simultaneously wish they were still here.”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder

“Any time your presence causes people to change, you’re making history.”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder

“We all keep the dead in our own ways; they never leave us. Not really. The parting of life from a body can never erase memories or teachings or likenesses.”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder

“The reason this kind of neighborhood is the American dream is not that it’s fancy or aesthetically pleasing or whatever. Human beings like those things, but what we really crave is stability. We want to go to bed at night and know that things will still be okay when we wake up. We want to rest easy. And that’s the feeling a white picket fence gives off: safety. Stability.”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder

“And is love more than the sum of its parts? If you lose all the parts of yourself that someone fell in love with, will they still love you?  Is there a love that says simply I love you because you exist?”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder

“At some point I have to stop killing people.”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder

“I think we all think about weird things sometimes, but we’re never sure exactly how weird other people are, and we don’t want to give ourselves away for fear that we’re the strangest one in the room.”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder

“Before a woman is ever meant to be someone’s wife or someone’s mother or anything else, she is meant to be herself. That is where we anchor ourselves. We can add the rest on, but they’re not where we begin. You are yourself first and foremost.”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, Heidi Lucy Loses Her Mind

“It’s just Soren and I in the empty shop; I like closing the store on Sundays.”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, Heidi Lucy Loses Her Mind

“nice image, though one that I will keep to myself forever. I think we all think about weird things sometimes, but we’re never sure exactly how weird other people are, and we don’t want to give ourselves away for fear that we’re the strangest one in the room.”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder

“He leans against the door frame, folding his arms. Why is that so attractive? It’s just leaning. There’s nothing sexy about leaning, is there?”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder

“The human brain is little more than three pounds and can be held in two cupped hands, but the emotions it produces are so big, so nebulous and tangled. And sometimes those tangled emotions feel like thorny brambles that I’ve stumbled and fallen into, scraped knees and scarred palms that constantly remind me of the past.  How much of that past do I keep? How much do I let go? And how do I separate the two?”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder

“But I’m here. I’m alive. And I’m going to do great things in this life of mine. I don’t need to leave a huge legacy; I don’t need to change the world. But I’m going to make my little corner of life a really excellent corner.”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder

“Yet another has a quote I’ve heard before scribbled on it: Well-behaved women rarely make history. Interestingly enough, though, directly beneath this quote is a line Juniper has added: I have no desire to make history. I want to live a quiet, happy life.”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder

“Any time your presence causes people to change, you’re making history. Sometimes small history, sometimes grand—always worth paying attention to.”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder

“I’ve grown somewhat adept at sitting with my pain. An odd thing to say”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, Heidi Lucy Loses Her Mind

“You are alive, I tell myself. You feel pain, which means you are not defeated.”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, Heidi Lucy Loses Her Mind

“You could be buying drugs,” I go on. “I wouldn’t stress about buying more books.”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, All's Fair in Love and Blackmail

“That’s noble and all, but you can’t wrong one person to do good for another.”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, City of Love

“And there’s a little bit of darkness in all of us. I’m convinced that’s true. We couldn’t shine so brightly as human beings if we never knew the shadows.”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder

“Slow down,” she says, ignoring my jibe. “Your legs might be a million miles long, but I’m in heels, Dodo Bird.” Great. Now I’m extinct.”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, Beauty and the Beach

“name me her heir. But during that time, you’ll be safe.” Holland is silent for a second. “It wasn’t your”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, Beauty and the Beach

“You said unnecessarily hot last time. Can’t I at least have handsome today?”
“You may not,” I say primly. “Try again tomorrow.”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, Heidi Lucy Loses Her Mind

“You can’t just steal from people, Noel!” she says, throwing her hands up in exasperation. “It’s wrong! It’s great that you want to help these places, but there are other ways! And how do you know your targets are rich? Do you have their bank statements?”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, City of Love

“Carl says you’ll have a blast!” my mom yells from the boat just before the engine revs to life. “Carl can suck it,” I mutter, waving at her.”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, A Not-So Holiday Paradise

“When I lounge on the couch, I look like a sloppy starfish. Spread eagle, inelegant, unladylike bordering on indecent. I become part of that couch.”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder

“But you know, sweetheart,” she says, “that house was just a house.” She’s quiet for a second, and then she goes on, “You loved it because you love your family, and we were there with you.”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, Heidi Lucy Loses Her Mind

“What’s wrong?” she says, her voice gentle. “Why are you crying?” I give a watery laugh. “Because I always cry.” And because I’m one of those people who starts bawling the second someone asks me what’s wrong.”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, Maid of Dishonor

“The reason this king of neighborhood is the
American dream is not that it's fancy or aesthetically pleasing or whatever. Human beings like those things, but what we really crave is stability. We want to go to bed at night and know that things will still be oaky when we wake up. We want to rest easy. And that's the feeling a white picket fence gives off: safety. Stability. Sometimes it's an illusion, of course. But sometimes it's not.”
― Gracie Ruth Mitchell, Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder