79 Quotes by Diane Chamberlain

Just know, my darling girl, that if I could, I would call you every day of your life just to say "I love you" with nothing else attached to those words. No criticism. No advice. No requests. Just to say I love you.

There was something about the never-ending vastness of the sea and sky that usually gave me comfort, reminding me that in the enormity of the universe, my problems, no matter how painful, were very, very small.

The cost of doing something would be terrific; the cost of doing nothing even greater.

You’re trying to paint things as either black or white,” he said. “As either good or evil. It’s never that neat.

What do I want now? I want to be treated with the respect I deserve in the current VA system and not be retraumatized. I want the men who did this to me to be punished and if that isn’t possible, I want reassurance what happened to me will never ever happen to another woman in the Armed services. I want some restitution of the damage I have.

No matter how many people care about you, she thought, if you can’t be open with them about who you truly are, you’re still alone.

Sometimes, though, you could do the right thing and still feel sick with doubt.

Okay.” I smiled, although I was not doing okay at all. My calm exterior was an act. Inside, I was falling apart.

Ben sat numbly on the sofa at first, then walked into the kitchen.