197 Quotes by Katherine Center

I'm telling you. I know all about darkness. That's why I am so hell-bent, every damn day, on looking for the light.

We made a choice to do joy on purpose. Not in spite of life’s sorrows. But because of them.

But the things we remember are what we hold on to, and what we hold on to becomes the story of our lives. We only get one story. And I am determined to make mine a good one.

I can’t explain it, but talking to him—about anything—just felt good. The way singing feels good. Or laughing. Or getting a massage.

That was the tricky part. You poured inordinate amounts of time and attention and affection into your kids, but the result was indirect. You didn't point out a cat to your one-year-old and then watch him, minutes later, say 'Cat.' Instead, you pointed out a hundred cats to your one-year-old and then, one day, watched him point to a cat and say 'Mama.

I don't want my kids to be like me. I want them to be better than me.

I have to go.''Just be careful about your expectations..''I want her to apologize.''Sweetheart,' Jean said, 'your mother is never going to apologize... Go see her if you need to. But remember who she is. Going to your mother for understanding is like going to the hardware store for bread.

I was going to make myself miserable on this trip by being overly serious and overly self-conscious and overly self-critical. And Jake was going to make me even more miserable by being the pure opposite of all those things.

It's such a sweet thing about people that when we're truly happy, we can't imagine ever being unhappy again. pg. 266