Camille Pagan Quotes & Sayings

seats to choose from; I took one behind him to the right, — Camille Pagan

Perfect." He hugged me. "Spoiler alert!" "What is it?" I asked warily. "Everything's going to be fine, Libby," he said, hugging me again. "I just know it. — Camille Pagan

Being something for someone else is a perfectly good waste of a life, isn't it? — Camille Pagan

Trust me, it's the weight of someone else's expectation that's the hardest to lose. — Camille Pagan

I was lonely at times, but not alone. — Camille Pagan

Laura tells herself, This is now, and feels happy because the now could not be forgotten as it was happening. — Camille Pagan

Your mother's not gone, Libby. You'll see her again one day." I clung to this belief, even as I cursed its complete and utter inability to offer real comfort. I did not want to hear it, even from my own husband. Nor did I want to hear about God having a plan, or all things happening for a reason, or any other number of Hallmark sentiments that pinged against my heart like pebbles on a thin windowpane. — Camille Pagan

Sometimes, when I was feeling especially blue, I would imagine what it would have been like if I'd been a different age when my mother died. At ten, I was old enough to understand the terrible thing that had happened to us, but too young to have soaked up so many of the details that I, as an adult, longed to know about her and her life. Now the little I did remember was fading with time. — Camille Pagan

at the sky, thinking about space and time and my mother, who was both my past and my present, and who, for all I knew, was up there twinkling somewhere. He — Camille Pagan

the only things I needed for spiritual redemption were sand and water, authentic Mexican food, and buckets of margaritas. — Camille Pagan

guts you, then saunters away as the vultures swoop down to steal what's left. I knew that. — Camille Pagan

At one point I found myself simultaneously cursing him and reaching for the phone to call him and tell him all about how my terrible husband had wronged me, as if there were two versions of him: the imposter who had just hurt me, and the real Tom, who would curse imposter Tom and make it all better. — Camille Pagan

*marissa tries to get her single, working mother's attention by suggesting something outrageous, to which mom replies:*

'You're a smart girl. Use your head and avoid any guy who reminds you of your father. — Camille Pagan

When something comes to you so easily, it may leave that same way, and you'll be left wondering if it ever was at all. — Camille Pagan

But then my lower lip started trembling and a fog of sadness rose through my chest and head, emerging as tears. — Camille Pagan

to be compassionate with myself, even when my will is weak and my body fails me; to give myself freely to those I love, even when it means my heart may be broken; and to live fully and completely while I have the chance - just — Camille Pagan

Tom, Tom, Tom," I said, fingering the top of the knife bar, which was dusty; I'd take care of that later. "You lost the right to ask for sympathy about three minutes ago. Now get out of our home before I stab you again. — Camille Pagan

as bitter and medicinal as the martini was, I set about drinking it as though each sip would make it more appetizing. Which proved to be true. Five — Camille Pagan

And as for you and those damn ten pounds you're always complaining about? I think you should just stop obsessing and start living. — Camille Pagan

This isn't a fight; it's a tough thing to talk about. There's a difference. — Camille Pagan

The unfixable nature of never - that's what makes it so terrible to bear. — Camille Pagan

I knew global warming was killing polar bears, the Chinese population blew past one billion several years ago, and rhythms was the longest word without a vowel in the English language. I did not know, however, that my childhood sweetheart, the man I had loved for nearly twenty years (twenty years!) was sexually attracted to men. "No, — Camille Pagan