Beth Harbison > Quotes

“Who they are today isn't who they were then.”
― Beth Harbison, Always Something There to Remind Me

“We can understand the science of what makes a heart beat, but we can never stop it from breaking.”
― Beth Harbison, Always Something There to Remind Me

“I had to work out that he was always going to break my heart as long as I was willing to let him in.”
― Beth Harbison, Always Something There to Remind Me

“I think things ultimately work out the way they're supposed to, even if it's not always the most comfortable, cushy way.”
― Beth Harbison, Shoe Addicts Anonymous

“I missed the idea of him more than he himself.”
― Beth Harbison, Always Something There to Remind Me

“I'd rather love you and be alone than love you and be with her or anyone.”
― Beth Harbison, Always Something There to Remind Me

“That's when I realized that part of me would probably always be lost in the past. That just seemed to be my personality: I was the one who couldn't stand change.”
― Beth Harbison, Always Something There to Remind Me

“I'd never forgotten him, despite spending half my life trying to forget him. I'd given him everything: my love, my body, my pride, & parts of my heart & mind that I could never get back.”
― Beth Harbison, Always Something There to Remind Me

“He was the only person I ever met whose soul I could clearly see in his eyes. And I had more faith in him than I've ever had in another human being.”
― Beth Harbison, Always Something There to Remind Me

“Trust that things do work out by themselves sometimes.”
― Beth Harbison, Shoe Addicts Anonymous

“What they had between them was alot deeper than what most people had.”
― Beth Harbison, Always Something There to Remind Me

“My life had gone right; it had gone exactly as it needed to in order to bring me here.”
― Beth Harbison, Always Something There to Remind Me

“I think its better to do whatever is going to make you feel the most peaceful and happy. - Shoe Addicts Anonymous”
― Beth Harbison

“Well, you get my point: You've go one life with zero guarantees, so you do your best, adapt if possible, and keep on breathing. I recommend striving for happiness, but many opt for duty and responsibility. Mileage varies.”
― Beth Harbison, When in Doubt, Add Butter

“And I could go the rest of my life like this, don't get me wrong. This was reality and I'd certainly learned to adapt to that reality. I didn't love it, I'd never love it, but I lived with it pretty well.”
― Beth Harbison, Always Something There to Remind Me

“I wanted to tell him I loved him, that I'd always loved him, & that life-& I- had never been the same without him there.”
― Beth Harbison, Always Something There to Remind Me

“She'd know the smell of him, the taste of him, the feel of him anywhere.”
― Beth Harbison, Always Something There to Remind Me

“No one promised life would be easy or that the game wouldn't change without warning. There you are, all ready to pass Go and collect two hundred dollars, and suddenly Colonel Mustard is trapped in the conservatory, ranting and raving and waving a wrench, and no one knows what exactly a conservatory is or why anyone thought a wrench - of all things - would be a good murder weapon, or what branch of the military Colonel Mustard even served in! Has anyone seen his credentials?”
― Beth Harbison, When in Doubt, Add Butter

“How different would I be, if I'd never met him? Might I have had a normal dating life like my friends did, flitting from one guy to the next, never getting too serious or too invested in one while I was still so young? Who would I be if I hadn't endured the heartbreak of losing him & losing that part of myself that was built around him?”
― Beth Harbison, Always Something There to Remind Me

“Fairy tales die hard in the minds and hearts of some girls.

Quinn”
― Beth Harbison, Chose the Wrong Guy, Gave Him the Wrong Finger

“She would forever remember how warm & secure he made her feel. How could she ever live without that?”
― Beth Harbison, Always Something There to Remind Me

“Now he would always be part of her. She just didn't know it yet.”
― Beth Harbison, Always Something There to Remind Me

“I was here, & now, but I was also swimming in the past, living these same motions we'd made so many times before.”
― Beth Harbison, Always Something There to Remind Me

“I found myself teetering on the edge of Uh-oh, and looking straight down the barrel of Oh, shit.”
― Beth Harbison, When in Doubt, Add Butter

“Writing is always a solitary experience, but living, if you're lucky, is not.”
― Beth Harbison

“And everyone’s story would be different. Every triumph would have a different prize, every heart ache a different face.”
― Beth Harbison

“Well, that's what everyone wants, isn't it? Even these people who go out and have their noses shaved down to pencil erasers, and who get implants, and fillers, and who Botox their faces into immobility, they're all in search of the miracle that's going to make them feel like..." She searched for the word. "Like themselves.”
― Beth Harbison, Hope in a Jar

“What are you making?" he asked me.
"Eggplant with a pomegranate walnut sauce." It was nice to be able to answer at least something with certainty. I turned the eggplant over in the pan. The sauce was just a mixture of pomegranate juice, good red wine vinegar, garlic, red pepper flakes, and salt. Nothing else. It was hard for me to resist embellishing recipes that called for so little, but the complexity of the juice transformed what would otherwise be the world's most basic support ingredients into a symphony of flavor.”
― Beth Harbison, When in Doubt, Add Butter

“So your final assignment is a simple one but it’s going to take forever: be happy. No matter what it takes. No matter how embarrassing it might be sometimes, no matter who or what you might have to forgive, no matter how hideous the color of the hat that makes you smile, be happy.”
― Beth Harbison, Chose the Wrong Guy, Gave Him the Wrong Finger

“I turned and headed back to the parking lot to leave. Passing the tall tree I'd passed every day on my way to and from Nate's car when he'd drop me off and pick me up. Somehow it was the tree that got to me. It made me tremendously sad, not just because of the time that had gone but because the time had somehow gone without me really noticing it.”
― Beth Harbison, Always Something There to Remind Me