79 Quotes by Diane Chamberlain

Absolutely,” she said. “Artists use them.

I’d married a near stranger because I felt like I had no choice. When you’re young, you have more choices than you’ll ever again have in your life, yet sometimes you can’t see them. I’d truly been blind.

Do you love him? I shook my head. “I love you,” I said, before I could stop myself. He looked away from me. “A little too late for that, isn’t it,” he said, and I winced, wishing I’d kept my feelings to myself.

More often than not, family stories turn out to be etched in sand rather than granite. Even the parts we think are true – even the parts about ourselves – crumble.

You could block things from your mind for years at a time. You could make them go away because you know that if you let them in, the pain could nearly kill you.

I think the important thing about making a decision is just to make it. Otherwise you can go nuts thinking about the pros and cons.

I used to wish I look like her, awful pretty. But if that prettiness comes with being stupid, I don’t want it.