Darien Gee > Quotes

“She's come to realize that life is a bit like doing laundry--you have to separate the darks from the lights. One's not necessarily better than the other--they're just different. They have different needs, require different levels of care. She knows plenty of customers who don't give it much thought and throw all their laundry in together, and maybe that's the chaotic part of life that just happens, that no matter how hard you try, you can't always keep things separate. A red sock gets mixed in with a load of whites, or a delicate black top gets washed in hot water by accident. These things happen. All you can do is learn from it and move on. Tell your husband to enjoy his pink underwear, give your shrunken top to your little sister or niece. But it doesn't mean that you stop sorting your laundry. You keep sorting--lights from darks, darks from lights--and hope for the best.”
― Darien Gee, Friendship Bread

“You can never recover from losing a person you love, but you can find a way to let it be part of your life rather than letting it take over every part of you”
― Darien Gee, Friendship Bread

“Freedom to make mistakes, freedom to live life messily.”
― Darien Gee

“There's something appealing about a quiet story that has depth, that has the ability to reach out and connect people for a long time to come.”
― Darien Gee

“[She] looks gorgeous, wearing the look of a mother whose kids are finally starting to grow up. She can take care of herself now, she can get her hair done and get a decent night's sleep.”
― Darien Gee, Friendship Bread

“That’s family in a nutshell. You take them as they are, and you love them, no matter what.”
― Darien Gee, Friendship Bread

“The most basic elements of our life—our birth and our death—are out of our control. People spend a lifetime trying to control these things but it’s impossible.”
― Darien Gee, Friendship Bread

“Despite the company of friendship we still have ourselves to reckon with at the end of the day.”
― Darien Gee, Friendship Bread

“You take them as they are, and you love them, no matter what.”
― Darien Gee, Friendship Bread

“Friendship Bread”
― Darien Gee, Friendship Bread

“She still has quite a few things but she knows what they are, has deliberately chosen what to keep and what to give away. She can’t believe how light she feels, how hopeful. She no longer feels mired in all the stuff that was keeping her anchored here, all the unknown quantities that felt heavy and mysterious. Everything is in its proper place at last.”
― Darien Gee, The Avalon Ladies Scrapbooking Society

“She loves being an American, but being an American overseas is quite a different thing. Edie was able to see herself, and her country, through other people’s eyes—through the eyes of aid workers from Europe and Asia, through the eyes of the people they were trying to help. She knows that Americans are often viewed as arrogant and frivolous, clueless about their own country, and she hates that this is true.”
― Darien Gee, Friendship Bread