Marci Bolden > Quotes

“Feel the pain; don’t live it. Acknowledge the sorrow; don’t dwell in it.”
― Marci Bolden, A Life Without Regrets

“I would do so many things differently if I could.” “But you can’t,” Judith reminded her. “None of us can. We can only move forward.”
― Marci Bolden, A Life Without Regrets

“Nothing screams ‘look at my shitty life’ like society insisting this is the most wonderful time of the year.”
― Marci Bolden, A Life Without Regrets

“Healing isn’t about overcoming your loss, Carol,” he said gently. “Healing is about living despite your loss. The loss becomes easier to bear because you are living, but it never goes away.”
― Marci Bolden, A Life Without Regrets

“Research was one of her favorite ways to procrastinate.”
― Marci Bolden, A Life Without Regrets

“Sometimes you have to let go of your plans and see where life takes you,” he’d said, justifying leaving the flowers in the wrong place. He’d turned and smiled at Carol as he gave her a wink. He did that when he dropped some subtle bit of wisdom. “Sometimes the universe has bigger plans for us than we have for ourselves.”
― Marci Bolden, A Life Without Regrets

“She started to understand that he had been flawed beyond repair long before she’d met him.”
― Marci Bolden, A Life Without Water

“he loved himself. He could have been an”
― Marci Bolden, A Life Without Water

“Kara Martinson squeezed her way toward the crowded bar, nudging between two kids she couldn’t quite believe were old enough to be legally drinking in public. They should have been funneling cheap beer in a college dorm somewhere. Or sneaking shots from Daddy’s liquor cabinet. Art gallery openings used to be much more sophisticated than this. When”
― Marci Bolden, The Road Leads Back

“Success isn't about income any more than affection is about gifts”
― Marci Bolden, A Life Without Water

“I feel like his mother. Everything about him is exhausting.”
― Marci Bolden, A Life Without Regrets

“I was afraid to change anything because I didn’t want to lose my ties to the past.”
― Marci Bolden, A Life Without Flowers

“There’s always someone who has to cut everybody else down to feel good.”
― Marci Bolden, A Life Without Regrets

“Carol had never been able to see beyond those minor mistakes and enjoy creating images. She obsessed about the things that were wrong, losing sight of what was right.”
― Marci Bolden, A Life Without Regrets

“Carol had learned to see her time with them as a blessing rather than seeing her life without them as a tragedy.”
― Marci Bolden, A Life Without Regrets

“she was stuck with the memory of his face red with anger as he told her she had never been anything but a disappointment.”
― Marci Bolden, The Road Leads Back

“For decades, Carol had resented how she’d been raised. Now she could see how hard her mom had been fighting her own demons.”
― Marci Bolden, A Life Without Regrets

“Harry grabbed Kara’s elbow and pulled her toward the ice cream shop instead. She scowled, but he didn’t give in. “Just pretend it’s made from organic, all-natural, nonchemically enhanced, free-range chicken milk.”
― Marci Bolden, The Road Leads Back

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― Marci Bolden, Jessica's Wish

“The longer Carol let her hurt be the focus, the longer her pain would linger. She had to learn to acknowledge the loss, feel the emptiness in her heart, and then focus on the happier times so she could be thankful that she’d had them.”
― Marci Bolden, A Life Without Regrets

“Sometimes I wonder if they ever worried about what happened to me.” She looked at her hands as she toyed with a ring on her finger. She blinked several times, but she couldn’t hide the tears in her eyes that always seemed to come with speaking of her parents. “I wonder if they ever feared that I’d ended up dead in some back-alley abortion clinic somewhere, my body dumped in the woods to hide the evidence.” Harry closed his eyes and rubbed his fingertips into his forehead. “Jesus, Kara. The way your mind works sometimes.”
― Marci Bolden, The Road Leads Back

“the woman simply didn’t know how to be maternal. After harboring decades of resentment toward her parents, Carol had come to realize they’d done the best they could.”
― Marci Bolden, A Life Without Regrets

“Success isn’t about income any more than affection is about gifts.”
― Marci Bolden, A Life Without Water