Safekeeping: Some True Stories from a Life A source page for quotes linked to Abigail Thomas. 0 quotes
“Forget career, forget the future, forget existential worries, just get yourselves a couple of dogs, and everything will be all right.” SimpleForgetDogs Book:What Comes Next and How to Like It Source: What Comes Next and How to Like It
“I was on a small island once, in the middle of a great big lake, mountains all over the place, and as I watched the floating dock the wind kicked up, the waves rose from nowhere, and I imagined myself lying there and the dock suddenly breaking loose, carried away by the storm. I wondered if I could lie still and enjoy the sensation of rocking, after all I wouldn't be dead yet, I wouldn't be drowning, just carried off somewhere that wasn't part of my plan. The very thought of it gave me the shivers. Still, how great to be enjoying the ride, however uncertain the outcome. I'd like that. It's what we're all doing anyway, we just don't know it. p. 169-70” Life Philosophy Book:A Three Dog Life Source: A Three Dog Life
“I was on a small island once, in the middle of a great big lake, mountains all over the place, and as I watched the floating dock the wind kicked up, the waves rose from nowhere, and I imagined myself lying there and the dock suddenly breaking loose, carried away by the storm. I wondered if I could lie still and enjoy the sensation of rocking, after all I wouldn't be dead yet, I wouldn't be drowning, just carried off somewhere that wasn't part of my plan. The very thought of it gave me the shivers. Still, how great to be enjoying the ride, however uncertain the outcome. I'd like that. It's what we're all doing anyway, we just don't know it.” Life Philosophy Book:A Three Dog Life Source: A Three Dog Life
“Once upon a time, when I was young, his forgetting might have rendered my memory meaningless. I no longer require so much from life.” AgeGrowthLife PhilosophyPersonal DevelopmentMeaningPersonal Development Insights Book:What Comes Next and How to Like It Source: What Comes Next and How to Like It
“It's easy now - it's middle-aged lady, nobody's looking, nobody notices. I go without lipstick if I feel like it, and I always wear my comfy clothes. It's a life with fewer distractions, but should something beautiful show up, a middle-aged woman is free to stare.” Middle Aged Women Book:A Three Dog Life Source: A Three Dog Life
“For better or for worse, but not for lunch,...” HumorRelationshipsMarriage Book:A Three Dog Life Source: A Three Dog Life
“What is this longing, she will want to ask. This troubling feeling of more to come. You can make something out of it, I want to tell her. But that's what her life is for.” LifeLonging For Book:Safekeeping: Some True Stories from a Life Source: Safekeeping: Some True Stories from a Life