Natalie Taylor > Quotes

“All I know is it feels good to cry that hard. It's like cleaning the leaves out from the gutters. If the leaves sit there too long, they weigh on the metal and hurt the house.”
― Natalie Taylor

“But always too soon, right after a fleeting moment of hope, the floor opens up and I sink to the bottom again.”
― Natalie Taylor, Signs of Life: A Memoir

“These girls probably use double negatives and watch "A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila" with their babies instead of reading Eric Carle.”
― Natalie Taylor

“One of the best things Dr. G. told me was that I didn't have to judge every new situation I encountered. Living alone, for example. She said I didn't have to say that living alone was good or bad, I could just live alone and not make a judgement on it.”
― Natalie Taylor

“Grief goes at its own speed. Because there is such a lack of progress in my emotional healing, I just want to see progress somewhere else.”
― Natalie Taylor, Signs of Life: A Memoir

“I want to tell you that I have made progress, capital P Progress. I want to tell you that I am better. I am great.”
― Natalie Taylor

“It is chilling to know that some accepted ways of being with children can leave them vulnerable to suffering from anxiety, depression, or rage in later life. The statistics are alarming: about 2 in every 100 children in the US are taking antidepressants, and the World Health Organization reports that depression in adults will soon reach epidemic proportions. More than half of all children have experienced bullying at school, and 3,080,000 children in the US are excluded from school each year for bad behavior. —MARGOT SUNDERLAND, THE SCIENCE OF PARENTING”
― Natalie Taylor, Signs of Life: A Memoir

“I think about how sometimes life gets better even when you think it can't. Sometimes the thaw can work in your favor if you just let it take the course.”
― Natalie Taylor, Signs of Life: A Memoir