Daphne Simpkins > Quotes

“Sometimes normal means what we expect something to be.  Abnormal is when we are surprised.”
― Daphne Simpkins, Tricks of the Mind

“all mothers have to learn that—to let go of their children.  It always hurts, and then you reach that point where you have to let go of yourself, too.  Let go of yourself as a mother. That part is a surprise,”
― Daphne Simpkins, Mildred Budge in Cloverdale

“lot of getting along with other people is more about making a decision that you want to get along and then doing whatever is necessary to keep the peace.”
― Daphne Simpkins, A Cookbook For Katie: Upon the Occasion of Her Marriage Recipes and Reveries for the Bride

“Life has sorrows that layer inside of you, and sometimes those sorrows flow unchecked by pride. It hurts to be human.”
― Daphne Simpkins, Tricks of the Mind

“hopeless endurance test, every day is still an adventure of its kind.”
― Daphne Simpkins, Belle: A Mildred Budge Friendship Story

“I’ll be seeing you later, Millie,” and Mildred had nodded and not needed to blink back tears because those tears were so deep inside of her that it would take years for the grief to make its way to her eyes.”
― Daphne Simpkins, The Mission of Mildred Budge

“Children need a slower pace of taking in fresh information to process it.  Older people have so much information stored inside of them that they, too, need a slower pace to integrate news into a great reservoir of stored history.”
― Daphne Simpkins, A Gentle and Lowly Christmas: A Mildred Budge Friendship Story