112 Quotes by Gail Honeyman
"The strange thing -- something I'd never expected -- was that it actually made you feel better when someone put their arm around you, held you close. Why? Was it some mammalian thing, this need for human contact?"
"...I marveled at the generosity of those humans who performed intimate services for others."
"I do not light up a room when I walk into it. No one longs to see me or to hear my voice. I do not feel sorry for myself, not in the least. These are simply statements of fact.I have been waiting for death all my life. I do not mean that I actively wish to die, just that I do not really want to be alive. Something had shifted now, and I realized that I didn't need to wait for death. I didn't want to."
"I was alive. I was alone. There was no living thing in the universe that was more alone than me. Or more terrible."
"I took one of my hands in the other, tried to imagine what it would feel like if it was another person's hand holding mine. There have been times when I felt that I might die of loneliness. People sometimes say they might die of boredom, that they're dying for a cup of tea, but for me, dying of loneliness is not hyperbole."
"All of us – and especially young children – need to know that we’re loved, valued, accepted and understood... I said nothing. This was news to me. I let it settle. It sounded plausible, but it was a concept I’d need to consider at more length in the privacy of my own home. Pg 262"
"Supongo que una de las razones que nos permiten continuar nuestra existencia durante el tiempo que se nos asigna en este valle de lágrimas verdiazul es que siempre, por remota que parezca, existe la posibilidad del cambio."
"Life should be about trying new things ,exploring boundaries, I reminded myself."