108 Quotes by Carole Radziwill

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    There are moments of sincerity. Those moments float away like bubbles but he takes the trouble to dip the wand in the soap and blow them through.

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    You never know when something is going to happen to change your life. You expect it to arrive with fanfare, like a wedding or a birth, but instead it comes in the most ordinary of circumstances. The.

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    Ultimately what remains is a story. In the end, it’s the only thing any of us really owns.

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    But the night was ordinary. It usually is, I think, when your life changes. Most people aren’t doing anything special when the carefully placed pieces of their life break apart.

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    The dead slip out quietly and leave furious holes in their wake. It’s Fortune’s strong suit. She keeps catching us unprepared, again and again.

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    Writing a book is like dating. It’s exciting. It’s dreamy. And after four years, I just want to end it.

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    Caroline had a theory about relationships. ‘You’re much happier when you wait,” she used to tell me. ‘The ones that come to you are the only ones worth anything. It’s like standing on the shore and spotting something in the water. You can splash around and try to get it, ot you can wait and see if the tide brings it in.

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    Where to start is the problem, because nothing begins when it begins and nothing’s over when it’s over, and everything needs a preface:.

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    I'm a lot of things but not a liar or a phony, even when I know it's in my best interest to be.

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