Hillary Frank > Quotes

“Trust = telling someone about the things that make you sleepless.”
― Hillary Frank, I Can't Tell You

“Writing feels safer somehow. I can catch myself before I say the wrong thing.”
― Hillary Frank, I Can't Tell You

“Have you ever gotten so sad that it actually feels GOOD to do something you know will make you even sadder?”
― Hillary Frank, I Can't Tell You

“Under a sky that hasn't been blue for weeks.”
― Hillary Frank, I Can't Tell You

“Trust = telling someone about the things that make you sleepless. Or trying to, at least. Wanting to.”
― Hillary Frank, I Can't Tell You

“I think you should really really be sure you love someone + that they love you back before you get into a relationship.”
― Hillary Frank, I Can't Tell You

“Flushed with the explosive shit of a sumo wrestler who ate Mexican food.”
― Hillary Frank, I Can't Tell You

“Here’s my win, born out of the bumps and bruises of sibling conflict: If you have two kids, assign one even, the other odd. Then whenever there’s a question of who gets the “advantage,” it’s decided by what day it is. Who gets their pick of car seat? Odd kid, because today’s the third. Who gets the last hug at drop-off? Even kid, because today’s the sixteenth.”
― Hillary Frank, Weird Parenting Wins: Bathtub Dining, Family Screams, and Other Hacks from the Parenting Trenches

“It's kinda cool to think about you as a real person, instead of some fetus ghost.”
― Hillary Frank, I Can't Tell You

“The science books are right about potential. It's easier to lose it than to get it back.”
― Hillary Frank, I Can't Tell You

“nice = boring”
― Hillary Frank, I Can't Tell You

“Maybe it's not a choice between the two of them. Maybe there's a third choice. Or a fourth or a fifth. Or maybe it's not about having a guy right now. Maybe it's just about having friends.”
― Hillary Frank, The View from the Top

“I know what it's like to wear rain, I thought. Go outside.”
― Hillary Frank, Better Than Running at Night