25 Quotes by Susie Steiner

She's alone so much these days, in part because when the sand drifts receded, along with the departure of the children, they left an excess of time, while Ian's existence maintained its steady course, which was essentially Rushing About Being Important.

I hate positive thinking. Just a way of bullying people, making them feel the bad stuff is their fault.

Her [journalist] father always told his trainees: If one side says it's raining and the other says it's dry, it's not your job to quote both. It's your job to look out of the window and find out the truth.

Her eyes red-rimmed, now brimming, her forehead furrowed with disbelief and anger. There is nothing worse than seeing your mother cry and being the cause.

Mourning someone is hard work. It’s so hard it brings with it a tiredness you can’t even believe. You keep thinking you can sleep it off but you just get more tired as it goes on.

The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started – “Little Gidding,” T. S. ELIOT.

Angel and I were watching all this, the smears of ketchup hardening on our discarded plates, our feet up as if our legs were paralyzed, which they were I suppose. There is little in modern life more paralyzing than the recliner chair.

All these people locked in their own thoughts, enmeshed in complicated lives, each of us believing we’re at the center.

Each member of the family in their personal cube of unhappiness.