Eldonna Edwards > Quotes

“An old friend once told me that whenever she was feeling sorry for herself, her mother insisted she go do something nice for someone to take her mind off her own problems. And if she got caught it didn’t count; she had to do it anonymously.”
― Eldonna Edwards, Lost in Transplantation: Memoir of an Unconventional Organ Donor

“...Having felt the piercing gash of grief and lived through it, having loved to the brink of brokenness, and having learned the difference between friendship and frivolity, one eventually takes a conscious step through the invisible membrane that separates hubris from humility...”
― Eldonna Edwards, Lost in Transplantation: Memoir of an Unconventional Organ Donor

“You can’t save everybody. You aren’t superwoman.”
― Eldonna Edwards, This I Know

“Mama reminds me of a Dilly Bar from the Dairy Queen, like there's only a thin shell covering what's melting inside." - thought by Grace when her mother suffers from the "baby blues”
― Eldonna Edwards, This I Know

“I think I'm just supposed to stay open and let the Knowing be a way to show other people how to listen for the truth rather than hide from it." - Grace to Aunt Pearl”
― Eldonna Edwards, This I Know

“You can’t let fear keep you from enjoying the freedom you deserve as a human being. Always remember you can leave. Don’t let concern for someone else’s actions become your prison.”
― Eldonna Edwards, Clover Blue

“I don't see you in the way you think. I'm not watching you, I'm watching over you.”
― Eldonna Edwards, This I Know

“I think I'm just supposed to stay open and let the knowing be a way ti show other people how to listen for the truth rather than hide it”
― Eldonna Edwards, This I Know

“I don’t think anyone in this family knows how lonely I feel sometimes. Just once I wish Daddy would look at me with the same gleam in his eyes he does with Joy and Chastity or even poor Hope.”
― Eldonna Edwards, This I Know

“I love my daddy so much, but it doesn’t feel like he loves me the same way back. Like he loves me because he owes his devotion, not because I’ve earned it.”
― Eldonna Edwards, This I Know

“The truth is scary. You're one of the brave ones.”
― Eldonna Edwards

“Be with your feelings, he says. But don’t let the bruises become permanent scars.”
― Eldonna Edwards, Clover Blue

“Life isn’t static, little brother,” Goji says. “It’s constantly shifting and moving. Our job is to learn to dance with the changes and alter our lives accordingly. If everything stayed the same we’d never grow.”
― Eldonna Edwards, Clover Blue

“The soul cannot be stopped from searching for what it desires.”
― Eldonna Edwards, Clover Blue