Cheryl Smith > Cheryl's Quotes

“If this isn’t hell, the devil is surely taking notes.”
― Stuart Turton, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

“Nothing like a mask to reveal somebody's true nature.”
― Stuart Turton, The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

“How lost do you have to be to let the devil lead you home? This lost, I decide. Precisely this lost.”
― Stuart Turton, The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

“Nothing like a mask to reveal somebody’s true nature.”
― Stuart Turton, The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

“We are never more ourselves than when we think people aren't watching.”
― Stuart Turton, The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

“Too little information and you’re blind, too much and you’re blinded.”
― Stuart Turton, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

“So this is how men go to the devil, he thought bitterly. Cap in hand and short of hope, all their prayers gone unanswered.”
― Stuart Turton, The Devil and the Dark Water

“Democracy requires the ability of a population to pay attention long enough to identify real problems, distinguish them from fantasies, come up with solutions, and hold their leaders accountable if they fail to deliver them.”
― Johann Hari, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again

“When women lose themselves, the world loses its way. We do not need more selfless women. What we need right now is more women who have detoxed themselves so completely from the world's expectations that they are full of nothing but themselves. What we need are women who are full of themselves. A woman who is full of herself knows and trusts herself enough to say and do what must be done. She lets the rest burn.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“The truest, most beautiful life never promises to be an easy one. We need to let go of the lie that it's supposed to be.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“There is no greater burden on a child than the unlived life of a parent.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“A woman becomes a responsible parent when she stops being an obedient daughter”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“The thing that gets me thinking and questioning most deeply is a leader who warns me not to think or question.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“Of course it's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well.”
― Charles Bukowski

“Life's as kind as you let it be.”
― Charles Bukowski, Hot Water Music