15 Quotes by Rachel Simon

Martha giggled; the baby was holding her. Astounding. A person comes into the world with a fist – and a grasp, she thought. Yes, we are built to fight one another, but also to embrace. How cleverly we are created.

And she’d felt an opening in her chest where she hadn’t known anything was closed.

When I speak of religion I mean a constant inward sense of communion with God...

Looking back in time was very exciting to me. But looking forward is more challenging – nothing unfolds as you anticipate, and it’s the small things, not the huge geologic shifts, that make or break you.

The reactions of others were actually another lesson she’d learned about change. When change happened to an individual, it happened to everyone around her – sometimes in ways she wished for, though sometimes in ways she wished against.

Just because I am not a saint does not mean that I am a demon.