11 Quotes by Abby Fabiaschi

Loving a person doesn’t make them who you desire; it makes you vulnerable to their reality.

I probably walked seven miles that night, mostly wondering why my wife went through the headache of changing the foyer tile when she planned to kill herself.

Make room for who you are by knowing who you’re not.

To hell with what anyone thinks about your life, but you should know what you think about it.

There are so many things I dare not say I have quietly stopped being me.

You never hear widows voice the sentiment, but I could stave off companionship indefinitely. Sex, not so much.

Alcohol was like a fun cousin I visited every once in a while but never planned a trip around.

My husband has never been one to catch the subtleties of a situation. He called every Valentine's Day to ask if I wanted him to stop on the way home to get a card. Every year I said no, don't bother, and he'd say something like, "Okay, but I want to go on record I asked, so you can't say I'm not romantic." I never did point out that any chance the gesture had of being romantic was lost when he asked whether he had to do it.

You only confuse hope with power once in life.