114 Quotes by Mary-Louise Parker

I go far out, maybe in a field somewhere quiet. I think of things I have done in my life that people tell me are good. I remember that I have done good.

I have a child and I don’t want to be at work all the time when he’s small. I want to spend time with him.

I don’t put myself out there, so people aren’t necessarily familiar with me or my face.

There was no one for you to impress and no one for you to offend. You were right there and I was afraid of how real you were, which made me question my own level of authenticity. I’d take off my clothes on the beach or spill my guts to a girl I’d never met on the bus, thinking I was uncensored and open, but I wasn’t always real if I wanted someone to like me. I gravitated to those who withheld or told me who they thought I was.

I don’t often see the movies I’m in; I’m usually disappointed in myself and it only serves to make me self-conscious.

My sister’s fish tacos are out of control. I’d give her a restaurant if I were a gazillionaire.

Thank you for giving me your arm and those four hours that I now understand you did not have an endless supply of. It was short but I loved our little trip. We fell in love, but the way you love a view that comes along once or twice in life.

Time, that cold bastard, with its nearlys and untils. I think, what a shame. Time should weep for having spent me without you.

You were a living reminder of what I always professed to believe, that you never know what happened to someone that day, so try to cut some slack, but being bound by my own ropes I was unable to give you that.