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https://atomicquote.com/author/gina-linko/quote/maybe-that-was-what-growing-up-was-understanding-where-the-real-magic-lived-in-this-world-inside-our-very-own-hearts 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/shaun-david-hutchinson/quote/i-held-on-to-the-hope-that-one-day-i-would-grow-up-and-have-all-the-answers-just-like-my-parents-as-i-look-over-at-arnold-and-then-at-father-mike-i-realize-that-adults-are-just-as-fucked-as-t 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/laleh-khadivi/quote/some-old-school-madonna-and-beyonce-and-everyone-in-the-room-went-from-being-eighteen-year-olds-to-being-twelve-year-olds-to-seven-year-olds-and-back-again-each-song-belonging-to-an-age-they- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/cb-lee/quote/jess-is-too-big-for-her-skin-as-if-she-might-float-away-in-the-exhilarating-possibility-of-the-moment 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/larry-smith/quote/taking-a-lifetime-to-grow-up 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/victoria-denault/quote/i-scan-the-room-bunnies-are-always-the-most-plentiful-in-canadian-cities-so-im-not-shocked-that-the-vancouver-hotel-bar-is-flooded-with-them-a-very-cute-blonde-smiles-when-our-eyes-meet-i-rai 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/william-henry-hudson/quote/the-british-boy-suffers-the-greatest-restraint-during-the-period-when-the-call-of-nature-the-instincts-of-play-and-adventure-are-most-urgent-naturally-he-looks-eagerly-forward-to-the-time-of- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jessica-taylor/quote/nobody-could-hold-the-same-place-in-your-heart-as-your-sister-love-or-hate-her-she-was-the-only-person-who-grew-up-exactly-like-you-who-knew-the-secrets-of-your-household-the-laughter-that-on 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/r-ys-perez/quote/and-not-one-person-would-notice-the-grey-parts-of-her-until-it-was-too-late-because-everyone-falls-for-a-pretty-face 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/r-ys-perez/quote/growing-up-she-had-become-used-to-allowing-men-the-ability-to-curve-themselves-into-question-marks-around-her-and-hold-her-desperately-as-if-she-were-the-answer-she-had-become-afraid-to-admit 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/naomi-alderman/quote/nothing-special-has-happened-today-no-one-can-say-she-was-more-provoked-than-usual-it-is-only-that-every-day-one-grows-a-little-every-day-something-is-different-so-that-in-the-heaping-up-of-d 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kilroy-j-oldster/quote/childhood-introduces-children-to-the-wounds-of-the-world 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kathryn-hast/quote/otis-grows-is-a-kids-book-that-looks-at-adult-problems-it-playfully-engages-us-all-to-consider-whats-tough-whats-inherent-but-most-of-all-whats-possible 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/samantha-schutz/quote/is-this-what-all-the-years-of-schooling-were-for-to-prepare-me-for-this-sense-of-being-stuck-in-the-middlewhat-was-the-point-no-one-said-i-was-going-to-be-this-sadno-one-said-i-would-still-be 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/austin-chant/quote/thats-the-trick-of-growing-up-nothing-stays-the-same-hook-sounded-oddly-sympathetic-you-see-the-faults-in-everything-including-yourself 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/stephen-king/quote/she-saw-clearly-a-boy-and-a-man-fighting-for-control-of-the-same-face 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jenny-valentine/quote/its-what-you-do-when-you-grow-up-apparently-face-up-to-things-youd-rather-not-and-accept-the-fact-that-nobody-is-who-you-thought-they-were-maybe-not-even-close 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/cressida-cowell/quote/please-do-not-blame-the-storythe-story-cannot-help-itself-we-do-not-realize-it-at-the-time-but-sometimes-the-story-we-are-all-a-part-of-is-not-just-a-story-about-vikings-and-islands-and-drago 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/tiffany-baker/quote/she-looked-for-any-sign-of-the-boy-whod-taught-her-to-whistle-a-hornpipe-who-could-palm-an-ace-of-hearts-and-make-it-reappear-from-her-sleeve-but-failed-to-find-even-a-glimmer-of-him-instead- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mamrie-hart/quote/we-are-always-growing-up-im-growing-up-as-i-type-this-an-eighty-seven-year-old-woman-is-still-technically-growing-up-so-be-as-immature-as-you-want-right-now-you-are-the-youngest-you-youre-eve 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/megan-shepherd/quote/perhaps-they-never-die-at-all-i-quite-believe-that-myself-and-it-is-a-comfort-dont-you-think-that-there-is-a-place-where-no-one-ever-grows-old 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lev-grossman/quote/being-around-him-wasnt-good-for-quentin-he-could-feel-himself-regressing-in-the-direction-of-an-adolescent-tantrum-it-was-like-trying-to-talk-to-his-parents-he-lost-all-perspective-on-who-he- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/marilyn-manson/quote/the-most-valuable-thing-anton-lavey-did-that-day-was-to-help-me-understand-and-come-to-terms-with-the-deadness-hardness-and-apathy-i-was-feeling-about-myself-and-the-world-around-me-explainin 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/natasha-farrant/quote/it-has-started-to-snow-we-all-ran-out-when-it-began-and-played-at-catching-flakes-as-we-used-to-when-we-were-children-but-it-was-cold-and-our-boots-and-gloves-and-cloaks-were-soon-wet-you-fee 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ben-fountain/quote/americans-are-children-who-must-go-somewhere-else-to-grow-up-and-sometimes-die 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/fred-gipson/quote/i-guessed-that-when-you-are-nearly-a-man-you-have-to-learn-to-put-up-with-a-lot-of-aggravation-from-little-old-bitty-kids 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jodi-lynn-anderson/quote/and-to-tiger-lily-he-suddenly-inexplicably-seemed-older-than-her-and-wiser-and-the-thought-hit-her-hard-that-it-wasnt-fair-because-shed-suffered-and-there-he-was-looking-like-he-knew-so-much- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/melia-keeton-digby/quote/like-a-detective-keenly-searching-for-clues-our-daughters-are-solving-the-mystery-of-womanhood-itself 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kelly-thompson/quote/i-dont-know-why-i-didnt-have-this-sixth-sense-or-whatever-it-is-all-along-but-part-of-me-thinks-maybe-it-means-im-growing-up-evolving-into-a-real-superhero-like-maybe-the-world-knew-i-couldnt 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/catherynne-m-valente/quote/i-do-not-believe-any-person-is-born-knowing-how-to-be-human-everyone-has-to-learn-their-letters-and-everyone-has-to-learn-how-to-be-alive-maybe-its-not-a-lesson-so-much-as-its-a-magic-trick-y 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/padma-lakshmi/quote/she-raised-her-hand-bony-fingers-spread-dont-worry-she-is-supposed-to-cry-her-life-will-never-be-the-same-you-cant-give-her-everything-i-realized-what-rajima-meant-until-that-moment-i-had-bee 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mara-wilson/quote/in-the-book-you-lost-your-powers-in-the-movie-you-chose-not-to-use-them-as-much-i-guess-i-did-a-little-of-both 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/emma-straub/quote/elizabeth-ran-her-finger-along-the-windowsill-gathering-dust-the-view-was-almost-exactly-the-same-as-from-her-own-bedroom-only-a-few-degrees-shifted-she-could-still-see-the-rosens-place-with- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/stephen-king/quote/i-never-grew-up-all-at-once-i-did-it-one-place-and-another-along-the-way 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jacqueline-woodson/quote/i-was-eleven-the-idea-of-two-identical-digits-in-my-age-still-new-and-spectacular-and-heartbreaking-the-girls-must-have-felt-this-they-must-have-known-where-had-ten-nine-eight-and-seven-gone 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/richard-powers/quote/wed-drifted-too-far-to-rely-on-the-old-boyhood-telepathy-anymore 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/anna-quindlen/quote/for-so-long-id-thought-about-myself-as-a-girl-whod-walked-away-from-her-mothers-life-that-it-would-be-a-long-time-before-i-would-start-to-think-about-the-other-part-of-the-bargain-how-easily- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/rainbow-rowell/quote/your-own-life-starts-the-moment-youre-born-before-that-eveni-just-i-feel-like-as-long-as-i-live-with-you-i-wont-im-not-its-like-george-jeffersonfrom-the-tv-showright-george-jefferson-as-long- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/rainbow-rowell/quote/youll-never-have-to-fend-for-yourself-like-that-lincoln-you-never-have-to-be-alone-why-would-you-want-tohe-leaned-back-against-his-bedroom-wall-and-slunk-down-until-he-was-sitting-on-the-cast 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/stephen-king/quote/what-if-there-were-no-grownups-suppose-the-whole-idea-of-grownups-was-an-illusion-what-if-their-money-was-really-just-play-ground-marbles-their-business-deals-no-more-than-baseball-card-trade 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/matthew-quick/quote/i-knew-that-i-had-reached-the-end-of-childhood-once-i-realized-that-adults-in-my-life-didnt-know-anymore-than-i-did 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/meg-medina/quote/growing-up-is-like-walking-through-glass-doors-that-only-open-one-way-you-can-see-where-you-came-from-but-cant-go-back 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/darlene-ouimet/quote/because-of-the-consequences-of-trying-to-be-heard-as-a-child-many-adults-are-unable-to-take-the-risk-of-telling-as-adults-the-fear-of-the-consequences-is-almost-debilitating-the-abusers-and-c 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/rachel-caine/quote/one-thing-you-learn-early-growing-up-a-girl-people-always-talk-whatever-you-do-glain-said-what-bliss-it-must-be-to-be-male 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/david-byrne/quote/everyone-was-doing-that-in-their-own-way-rejecting-things-and-moving-on-its-just-a-part-of-discovering-who-you-are-its-nothing-special 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/paul-kearney/quote/i-am-almost-dizzied-by-a-sudden-knowledge-as-cold-as-snow-down-my-spine-that-i-too-will-grow-up-one-day-like-everyone-else-and-look-back-and-miss-the-years-gone-by-and-the-things-i-could-have 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/alaric-longward/quote/life-would-not-be-the-same-ever-again-i-would-laugh-again-like-a-happy-man-would-seemingly-with-few-worries-in-the-world-yes-for-memories-fade-even-of-a-deed-like-the-one-i-had-committed-howe 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/martha-brockenbrough/quote/but-maybe-that-was-what-it-meant-to-grow-up-and-have-the-seemingly-infinite-possibility-of-childhood-vanish-in-an-instant-you-had-to-press-on-no-matter-how-dark-and-narrow-the-path-ahead-seem 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/saleema-nawaz/quote/growing-up-seemed-to-mean-that-the-only-kind-of-pretending-that-was-still-safe-was-pretending-we-could-do-without-it 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ka-hill/quote/ive-always-known-my-circumstances-were-far-far-from-the-worst-but-i-truly-believe-that-just-the-slightest-misalignment-in-our-upbringings-can-have-such-a-dramatic-knock-on-effect-on-our-lives 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ann-benjamin/quote/isnt-it-weird-how-people-grow-up-when-youre-not-looking 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jen-malone/quote/the-second-hardest-part-about-growing-up-is-trying-to-figure-out-who-you-are-the-hardest-part-comes-after-youve-figured-it-out-and-the-rest-of-the-world-wants-to-pull-you-in-a-different-direc 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/christina-lauren/quote/the-enormity-of-this-started-to-sink-in-and-i-all-but-collapsed-back-into-my-chair-this-here-was-life-this-was-life-beginning-for-us-weddings-and-families-and-deciding-to-step-up-and-be-a-man 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/stephen-fry/quote/he-knew-he-could-never-jingle-change-in-his-pocket-or-park-his-car-like-a-confident-adult-he-was-the-adrian-he-had-always-been-casting-a-guilty-look-over-a-furtive-shoulder-living-in-eternal- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/joseph-fink/quote/but-babies-become-children-and-they-go-to-elementary-schools-that-indoctrinate-them-on-how-to-overthrow-governments-and-they-get-interested-in-boys-and-girls-or-they-dont-and-anyway-they-chan 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/norman-douglas/quote/i-think-modern-education-over-emphasizes-the-intellect-i-suppose-that-comes-from-the-scientific-trend-of-the-times-you-cannot-obtain-a-useful-citizen-if-you-only-develop-his-intellect-we-take 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/graham-kerr/quote/that-was-my-first-real-experience-at-feeling-set-apart-not-only-did-i-not-knock-them-dead-but-rather-it-was-i-that-diedacutely-aware-of-being-mutton-dressed-up-as-lamb-i-exchanged-my-white-ti 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/alexej-savreux/quote/no-more-dreamin-about-the-whole-adult-gigwere-no-longer-burnin-toward-nothing-dude-just-well-on-our-way-on-a-mythical-ship-which-no-longer-touches-land-god-bless-the-capn 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/bill-willingham/quote/no-thanks-this-is-a-lovely-dream-but-its-a-childs-dream-i-know-some-whod-argue-the-point-but-i-grew-up-long-ago-rose-red-fables-vol21-happily-ever-after 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/thomm-quackenbush/quote/the-problem-is-not-that-santa-stops-existing-but-that-we-do-the-children-we-are-no-longer-exist-a-fact-we-do-not-help-through-immersing-ourselves-in-the-repeating-cycle-of-wake-work-dinner-in 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/haruki-murakami/quote/your-scared-and-my-scared-are-two-different-thingswhats-that-supposed-to-mean-she-askedas-you-get-older-you-dont-recover-from-things-so-easyas-you-get-older-you-also-get-tiredyeah-i-said-you- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/tessa-shaffer/quote/the-only-thing-worse-than-not-knowing-where-she-belongedwas-knowing-where-she-didnt 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/michelle-sagara/quote/some-days-kaylin-fervently-wished-that-she-had-already-passed-adult-101-and-could-get-on-with-being-the-person-she-wanted-to-be 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/thomas-lloyd-qualls/quote/its-true-we-all-build-imaginary-prisons-for-ourselves-believe-that-we-are-trapped-behind-the-invisible-bars-of-the-lives-we-have-somehow-carelessly-constructed-for-ourselves-despite-our-youth 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/tove-jansson/quote/when-they-reached-the-top-of-the-hill-they-turned-and-looked-down-at-the-valley-moominhouse-was-just-a-blue-dot-and-the-river-a-narrow-ribbon-of-green-the-swing-they-couldnt-see-at-all-weve-n 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/catherynne-m-valente/quote/of-all-the-fairy-strangeness-she-had-known-this-seemed-suddenly-both-the-strangest-and-least-strange-of-all-how-she-would-have-liked-to-be-looked-after-like-that-cared-for-and-watched-over-an 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/michael-a-stackpole/quote/the-nice-thing-about-being-an-adolescent-is-being-able-to-make-mature-decisions-when-you-need-them-and-being-able-to-just-flow-alone-with-life-when-you-dont 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/rachel-wolchin/quote/maturing-is-realizing-how-many-things-dont-require-your-comment 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/cassandra-parkin/quote/one-day-soon-shed-have-to-leave-the-beach-behind-and-go-and-find-her-real-life-out-in-the-rest-of-the-world-the-beach-would-shrink-and-fade-and-become-part-of-her-discarded-childhood-sometime 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ander-monson/quote/oh-bell-dumb-heart-it-makes-you-a-fool-to-think-you-were-ever-closer-to-opening-up-the-world-to-art-to-breaking-it-apart-than-those-who-came-before-but-knowing-that-cant-make-you-read-or-brea 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sonja-yoerg/quote/she-had-gills-while-other-people-were-breathing-with-lungs-there-was-however-no-point-in-dwelling-on-it-as-it-was-too-later-to-grow-up-differently 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/rebecca-mcnutt/quote/have-you-ever-noticed-how-as-an-adult-all-the-bright-colors-go-out-of-your-life-now-that-im-not-a-kid-anymore-things-always-look-gray-like-a-clothesline-draped-with-laundry-thats-been-washed- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jessie-burton/quote/growing-older-does-not-seem-to-make-you-more-certain-it-simply-presents-you-with-more-reasons-for-doubt 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 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https://atomicquote.com/author/leslie-ann-moore/quote/the-last-remnants-of-deanna-the-child-the-idealist-the-sheltered-elite-had-been-torn-loose-by-tonights-tragedies-slain-with-the-same-bullet-that-had-felled-her-would-be-killer-she-had-no-idea 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/julie-klam/quote/it-turns-out-after-a-lot-of-exploration-that-im-not-really-a-princess-a-swell-gal-sure-but-not-a-princess 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/aleksandra-ninkovic/quote/the-only-thing-that-keeps-me-going-is-the-desire-to-get-away-as-far-as-possible 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/maggie-stiefvater/quote/i-wonder-how-long-it-will-take-for-me-to-feel-as-adult-inside-as-i-look-outside 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/crystal-woods/quote/ill-only-tell-you-what-matters-and-the-truth-is-everything-matters-nothing-is-an-accident-really 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 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2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mary-ann-shaffer/quote/boredom-is-a-powerful-reason-and-the-prospect-of-fun-is-a-powerful-draw-especially-when-you-are-young 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/guy-browning/quote/growing-up-is-when-you-understand-you-get-what-you-give-not-what-youre-given 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/delphine-de-vigan/quote/but-i-cant-manage-to-grow-up-and-change-shape-im-still-tiny-and-staying-that-way-perhaps-because-i-know-the-secret-that-everyone-pretends-to-be-unaware-of-perhaps-because-i-know-that-deep-dow 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/harriet-evans/quote/the-trouble-is-im-not-very-good-at-trusting-my-own-instincts-ive-been-wrong-before-a-lotabout-what-you-worry-too-much-about-everything-youre-to-hard-on-yourselfi-was-wrong-about-rory-you-were 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 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2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/nadege-richards/quote/my-parents-say-youre-no-good-elijah-i-exhaled-and-killed-the-cigarette-in-the-grasslaughing-elis-eyes-went-to-my-lips-and-his-hands-touched-my-bare-midriff-really-and-what-do-you-sayhe-had-br 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jamie-ford/quote/i-am-what-you-made-me-father 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/charity-shumway/quote/experience-is-like-evidence-when-youre-young-and-dont-have-much-experience-yet-you-dont-have-much-basis-for-confidence-all-you-really-have-is-hope-and-that-can-get-shaken-pretty-easily-but-as 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jo-ann-beard/quote/this-is-where-the-pivotal-events-of-my-childhood-unfolded-while-i-ate-banana-and-root-beer-popsicles-two-by-two-tucking-the-sticks-neatly-under-the-skirt-of-the-chair-its-where-sunnybank-lad- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 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https://atomicquote.com/author/sage-blackwood/quote/hm-didnt-you-use-to-be-a-lot-smalleryes-said-jinx-because-i-used-to-be-six 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/nadege-richards/quote/im-not-sure-ill-ever-know-the-meaning-of-life-or-what-comes-for-us-after-death-but-i-know-its-more-than-the-hysteria-people-make-it-out-to-be-its-about-freeing-your-soul-when-no-one-else-can- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/steve-maraboli/quote/when-i-was-young-i-used-to-wish-i-would-fit-in-im-glad-i-didnt-get-my-wish 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/patrick-carman/quote/we-cant-go-back-alexa-he-said-we-cant-go-back-once-weve-started-growing-up-and-the-world-cant-be-made-simple-again 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ellen-mulholland/quote/why-cant-a-girl-just-want-to-know-stuff-and-not-do-stuff 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sophie-kinsella/quote/oh-god-im-missing-the-gene-which-makes-you-grow-up-and-buy-a-flat-in-streatham-and-start-visiting-homebase-every-weekend-everyones-moving-on-without-me-into-a-world-i-dont-understand 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/bill-shapiro/quote/reading-all-my-old-love-letters-was-disorienting-you-remember-thinking-the-thoughts-and-writing-the-words-but-man-you-cant-touch-those-feelings-its-like-they-belonged-to-someone-else-someone- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/scott-thompson/quote/when-we-became-teenagers-boredom-grew-like-a-moth-in-a-cocoon-fighting-to-escape-and-the-peace-created-by-our-parents-became-a-prison-we-sought-excitement-and-adventure-we-sought-anything-but 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/patrick-ness/quote/and-what-other-kind-of-man-would-you-want-leading-you-into-battle-he-says-reading-my-noise-what-other-kind-of-man-is-suitable-for-wara-monster-i-think-remembering-what-ben-told-me-once-war-ma 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/caleb-j-ross/quote/maybe-universal-nostalgia-doesnt-exist-maybe-each-of-us-carries-our-own-personal-version-of-the-better-times-its-at-about-twnety-two-years-that-we-all-begin-to-think-of-our-childhood-as-the-g 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kris-noel/quote/becausesometimes-i-think-you-meet-people-and-they-make-you-better-even-if-youre-not-with-them-forever 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/augusten-burroughs/quote/i-didnt-begin-life-hating-my-grandmother-like-every-child-i-adored-her-until-i-formed-a-brain-and-got-to-know-her 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ashley-d-wallis/quote/i-think-thats-every-unresolved-persons-dream-to-wake-up-one-day-and-know-what-they-want-to-do-the-rest-of-their-life 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/bernard-kelvin-clive/quote/dont-grow-old-to-give-up-and-dont-give-up-growing-up 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-flanagan/quote/sometimes-life-threw-up-problems-that-even-the-wisest-most-trusted-mentor-couldnt-solve-for-you-it-was-part-of-the-pain-of-growing-upand-having-to-stand-by-and-watch-was-part-of-being-a-mento 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kathryn-williams/quote/i-found-myself-suddenly-jealous-of-the-time-when-things-were-simple-when-days-centered-on-creek-walks-and-tetherball-and-your-biggest-worry-was-whether-youd-have-riding-or-sailing-there-were- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jake-vander-ark/quote/girls-were-like-poems-weird-incomprehensible-and-boring-but-those-in-the-know-assured-me-that-they-were-beautiful 2026-10-23T17:13:56+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sarah-strohmeyer/quote/i-focused-on-the-passing-houses-filled-with-couples-whod-somehow-survived-this-teenage-craziness-of-he-likes-her-but-she-likes-him-and-he-likes-somebody-else-you-just-cant-win-how-did-they-do 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dave-eggers/quote/hand-nobody-told-me-about-the-weight-why-didnt-our-parents-tell-us-about-the-weight-what-weight-the-fucking-weight-hand-how-does-the-woman-ingres-live-the-one-from-marrakesh-if-were-vessels-a 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/michael-gurian/quote/the-boy-and-the-man-must-be-raised-to-see-the-possibility-of-self-worth-then-meet-a-few-others-who-provide-the-vision-of-a-road-toward-it-then-spend-a-lifetime-pursing-that-worth-through-acti 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/darnell-lamont-walker/quote/we-are-not-sure-what-we-will-become-only-what-we-want-to-and-dont-want-to-we-often-become-what-we-never-thought-we-could-then-we-become-fine-with-that 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jake-vander-ark/quote/whats-so-beautiful-about-girls-i-would-imploreand-the-secret-society-of-adults-would-reply-with-a-smirk-and-wink-as-if-i-was-merely-a-boy-who-couldnt-possibly-have-the-mental-maturity-to-comp 2026-10-23T17:17:13+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kouhei-kadono/quote/life-is-brief-young-maiden-fall-in-love-before-the-crimson-bloom-fades-from-your-lips-before-the-tides-of-passion-cool-within-your-hips-for-those-of-you-who-know-no-tomorrow-gondola-no-uta 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/emma-cameron/quote/growing-up-changes-morethan-playground-gamesand-body-shapes 2026-10-23T17:43:33+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/whipplesnaith/quote/that-time-when-past-begins-to-look-longer-than-the-future 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/masha-du-toit/quote/what-must-i-do-now-mrs-muller-considered-her-silently-for-a-while-you-are-still-a-child-you-must-go-where-you-are-told-and-do-as-you-are-told-but-it-wont-always-be-so-soon-you-will-be-in-char 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/angela-johnson/quote/and-then-i-know-im-being-a-man-not-just-some-kid-whos-upset-and-wants-it-his-way 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/fredrik-backman/quote/people-in-the-real-world-always-say-when-something-terrible-happens-that-the-sadness-and-loss-and-aching-pain-of-the-heart-will-lessen-as-time-passes-but-it-isnt-true-sorrow-and-loss-are-cons 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/francoise-sagan/quote/a-strange-melancholy-pervades-me-to-which-i-hesitate-to-give-the-grave-and-beautiful-name-of-sorrow-the-idea-of-sorrow-has-always-appealed-to-me-but-now-i-am-almost-ashamed-of-its-complete-eg 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/anais-nin/quote/i-wept-because-i-could-not-believe-anymore-and-i-love-to-believe-i-can-still-love-passionately-without-believing-that-means-i-love-humanly-i-wept-because-from-now-on-i-will-weep-less-i-wept-b 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/aldous-huxley/quote/one-third-more-or-less-of-all-the-sorrow-that-the-person-i-think-i-am-must-endure-is-unavoidable-it-is-the-sorrow-inherent-in-the-human-condition-the-price-we-must-pay-for-being-sentient-and- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sarah-dessen/quote/i-hadnt-said-goodbye-it-had-been-easier-like-always-to-just-disappear-sparing-myself-the-messy-details-of-another-farewell-now-my-fingers-hovered-over-my-track-pad-moving-the-cursor-down-to-h 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/vernor-vinge/quote/i-never-guessed-i-could-cry-so-hard-my-face-hurt 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/tatiana-de-rosnay/quote/i-wanted-to-cry-but-the-tears-did-not-come 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/the-hippie/quote/ive-noticed-in-my-life-that-the-people-who-act-as-my-angels-are-not-some-strange-angelic-creatures-that-seem-almost-untouchable-but-are-more-real-than-that-they-are-people-who-have-tasted-sor 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/anne-fortier/quote/great-love-you-believe-carries-the-seeds-of-great-sorrow 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/william-shakespeare/quote/the-shadow-of-my-sorrow-lets-see-tis-very-true-my-griefs-lie-all-within-and-these-external-manners-of-laments-are-mere-shadows-to-the-unseen-grief-which-swells-with-silence-in-the-tortured-so 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ingrid-betancourt/quote/i-am-alone-i-am-here-no-one-is-watching-me-in-these-hours-of-silence-that-i-cherish-i-talk-to-myself-and-reflect-that-past-entrenched-in-time-motionless-and-infinite-has-vanished-onto-thin-ai 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/eva-ibbotson/quote/you-cannot-stop-the-birds-of-sorrow-from-flying-over-your-head-but-you-can-stop-them-nesting-in-your-hair 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kate-morton/quote/it-was-the-sibling-thing-i-suppose-i-was-fascinated-by-the-intricate-tangle-of-love-and-duty-and-resentment-that-tied-them-together-the-glances-they-exchanged-the-complicated-balance-of-power 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/amy-lane/quote/hed-always-known-that-shit-rolled-downhill-but-he-never-knew-tears-did-the-same-thing 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/julius-lester/quote/there-was-an-end-to-weeping-mourning-however-ebbed-and-surged-but-never-ceased-flowing 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/reiko-chiba/quote/sakethe-jewel-which-brightly-shines-at-nightis-precious-but-cannot-measure-up-to-the-delights-of-drinking-sakedrowning-ones-troubles-in-the-cup-otomo-no-tabito 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sappho/quote/we-shall-enjoy-itas-for-him-who-findsfault-may-sillinessand-sorrow-take-him 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/robin-hobb/quote/i-could-not-make-it-right-but-i-could-make-someone-pay-for-how-wrong-it-had-been 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/katie-kitamura/quote/it-was-a-terrible-thing-to-love-and-not-know-whether-you-were-loved-in-return-it-led-to-the-worst-sensations-jealousy-rage-self-loathing-to-all-these-lesser-states 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/oscar-wilde/quote/prosperity-pleasure-and-success-may-be-rough-of-grain-and-common-in-fibre-but-sorrow-is-the-most-sensitive-of-all-created-things 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/david-grann/quote/during-xtha-cka-zhi-ga-the-the-the-killer-of-flowers-moon-i-will-wade-across-the-river-of-the-blackfish-the-otter-the-beaver-i-will-climb-the-bank-where-the-willow-never-dies 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/khaled-hosseini/quote/mammys-heart-was-like-a-pallid-beach-where-lailas-footprints-would-forever-wash-away-beneath-the-waves-of-sorrow-that-swelled-and-crashed-swelled-and-crashed 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/robin-hobb/quote/this-was-misery-that-could-not-yield-for-he-sorrowed-for-a-time-he-could-not-return-to-and-a-self-he-would-never-again-be 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/fumiko-enchi/quote/a-faint-tear-wet-meikos-eye-so-slight-a-bit-of-moisture-that-it-passed-unseen-by-yasuko-yet-all-the-anguish-of-which-she-never-spoke-was-compressed-into-that-single-drop 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ah-septimius/quote/yet-theo-had-become-engrossed-in-his-own-tale-transporting-himself-back-to-the-night-of-which-he-spoke-in-the-distance-he-could-again-see-the-faces-he-had-encountered-on-that-fateful-night-th 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kelly-barnhill/quote/sorrow-is-dangerous 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/alice-hoffman/quote/she-has-an-eye-for-tragedy-and-sorrow-show-her-a-rose-and-shell-see-only-the-wasp-in-the-center-of-the-bloom 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/quote/am-i-kin-to-sorrowthat-so-oftfalls-the-knocker-of-my-door-neither-loud-nor-softbut-as-long-accustomed-under-sorrows-hand 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/edna-st-vincent-millay/quote/sorrow-like-a-ceaseless-rainbeats-upon-my-heartpeople-twist-and-scream-in-pain-dawn-will-find-them-still-againthis-has-neither-wax-nor-waneneither-stop-nor-start 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/menie-muriel-dowie/quote/and-the-tiresome-part-of-sorrows-is-that-they-do-not-hurt-in-proportion-to-their-validity-and-excusability-if-we-are-to-be-sympathetic-we-can-remember-always-that-silly-suffering-hurts-just-a 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kyung-sook-shin/quote/he-looked-so-silly-that-i-could-not-stop-laughing-even-as-my-tears-kept-flowing-is-the-root-of-laughter-also-sorrow-as-i-laughed-i-was-filled-with-both-joy-and-sorrow 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/heloise/quote/it-is-always-some-consolation-in-sorrow-to-feel-that-it-is-shared-and-any-burden-laid-on-several-is-carried-more-lightly-or-removed 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/eowyn-ivey/quote/who-am-i-to-claim-such-boundless-sorrow-this-heartache-acute-and-true-as-it-may-be-is-slight-compared-to-all-of-this-world-five-miscarriages-two-stillborn-three-live-births-and-mrs-connor-is- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/alice-hoffman/quote/your-sorrow-will-become-smaller-like-a-star-in-the-daylight-that-you-cant-even-see-its-there-shining-but-there-is-also-a-vast-expanse-of-blue-sky 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/charles-robert-maturin/quote/many-a-month-of-gloomy-unconsciousness-rolled-over-me-without-date-or-notice-one-thousand-waves-may-welter-over-a-sunk-wreck-and-be-felt-as-one 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/diane-duane/quote/most-people-think-its-normal-to-have-a-nameless-sorrow-at-the-bottom-of-your-soul 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/percy-bysshe-shelley/quote/sorrow-a-songto-me-this-worlds-a-dreary-blankall-hopes-in-life-are-gone-and-fledmy-high-strung-energies-are-sankand-all-my-blissful-hopes-lie-dead-the-world-once-smiling-to-my-view-showed-sce 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/nilesh-rathod/quote/waqt-masiha-haeh-har-gham-ko-samaa-lega-lekin-waqt-haeh-waqt-lega-time-is-a-messiah-every-sorrow-it-shall-contain-but-time-it-is-and-time-it-shall-take 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/clarice-lispector/quote/but-after-much-thought-i-have-come-to-the-conclusion-that-there-is-nothing-more-difficult-in-this-world-than-to-surrender-completely-this-is-one-of-mans-greatest-sorrows 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/bruce-crown/quote/the-sun-tried-to-shine-through-the-clouds-but-its-light-was-dimmed-even-in-us-high-noon-approached-i-looked-outside-through-the-tinted-windows-at-the-people-promenading-down-madison-couples-h 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lailah-gifty-akita/quote/we-weep-as-we-witness-the-dead-of-a-loved-one 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/madeline-miller/quote/he-knew-but-it-was-not-enough-the-sorrow-was-so-large-it-threatened-to-tear-through-my-skin-when-he-died-all-things-swift-and-beautiful-and-bright-would-be-buried-with-him 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/louise-gluck/quote/you-know-he-said-our-work-is-difficult-we-confrontmuch-sorrow-and-disappointmenthe-gazed-at-me-with-increasing-franknessi-was-like-you-once-he-added-in-love-with-turbulence 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lailah-gifty-akita/quote/mourn-with-those-are-sorrowfulbe-happy-with-those-who-are-joyful 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mary-wollstonecraft-shelley/quote/sometimes-i-could-cope-with-the-sullen-despair-that-overwhelmed-me-but-sometimes-the-whirlwind-passions-of-my-soul-drove-me-to-seek-by-bodily-exercise-and-by-change-of-place-some-relief-from- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/johanna-carroll/quote/but-above-all-i-wish-for-you-happiness-even-though-im-aware-you-require-my-absence-to-find-it 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/carla-h-krueger/quote/welcome-to-sex-media-where-fantasy-becomes-reality 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/carla-h-krueger/quote/names-can-hide-so-much 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/carla-h-krueger/quote/this-is-no-place-for-limits 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/carla-h-krueger/quote/it-is-not-fiction-it-is-history-and-both-their-histories-match-now 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/carla-h-krueger/quote/this-is-a-landscape-of-dreams-cemented-in-the-past-of-hopes-gone-cold-of-girls-and-boys-for-rent-in-officially-empty-tower-blocks-where-none-is-truly-so 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/carla-h-krueger/quote/the-loudest-silence-is-camera-silence 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/marilynne-robinson/quote/our-dream-of-life-will-end-as-dreams-do-end-abruptly-and-completely-when-the-sun-rises-when-the-light-comes-and-we-will-think-all-that-fear-and-all-that-grief-were-about-nothing-but-that-cann 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jocelyn-murray/quote/this-world-is-all-vanity-it-is-a-tempest-hurling-us-from-one-sorrow-to-another 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/rabindranath-tagore/quote/to-thee-to-thee-my-fire-thou-hast-been-burning-in-my-heart-all-these-futile-years-if-my-life-were-a-piece-of-gold-it-would-come-out-of-its-trial-brighter-but-it-is-a-trodden-turf-of-grass-and 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/joy-williams/quote/there-was-something-shameful-about-surviving-sorrow-you-were-corrupted-she-was-corrupted-she-was-no-good-anymore-she-was-inauthentic-apocryphal-she-wanted-to-be-a-seeker-and-to-travel-further 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jane-finn/quote/putting-into-words-what-exactly-was-off-is-not-easy-i-myself-dont-even-understand-it-it-was-like-a-replica-of-my-best-friend-was-sitting-in-front-of-me-saying-well-rehearsed-lines-at-the-wron 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 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https://atomicquote.com/author/lailah-gifty-akita/quote/once-you-have-known-sorrow-you-will-appreciate-happiness 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/suzanne-collins/quote/im-left-with-haymitch-in-the-rubble-wondering-if-finnicks-fate-would-have-one-day-been-mine-why-not-snow-could-have-gotten-a-really-good-price-for-the-girl-on-fire 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/hm-ward/quote/everything-i-touch-dies-in-my-hand-and-the-same-things-happening-to-you-you-were-vibrant-when-i-met-you-and-now-ive-blanched-the-color-from-your-cheeks-and-caused-you-nothing-but-pain 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-daniel-thieme/quote/the-sorrows-of-the-heart-yearn-to-be-erased-for-one-final-atonementfinite-and-forgetting-and-whole-but-time-in-its-preservingwill-not-permit-forgetting-destroyingonly-when-we-can-no-longer-be 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/aimee-dostoyevsky/quote/life-life-how-cruel-it-is-nothing-but-tears-and-sorrow-and-despair-not-a-moment-of-happiness-not-a-moment-of-joy 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/katherine-l-walker/quote/war-takes-so-many-more-casualties-than-just-the-dead 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/shannon-l-alder/quote/as-much-as-we-dont-want-to-except-it-there-is-a-time-limit-to-the-best-life-god-tries-to-offer-you-when-you-disrespect-it-push-it-away-play-games-with-it-deny-it-ignore-it-are-casually-indeci 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ernest-agyemang-yeboah/quote/dont-just-listen-to-people-crying-hear-the-reasons-why-they-cry 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jill-briscoe/quote/we-may-have-to-face-gods-truth-about-our-pain-it-is-real-but-we-must-be-careful-not-to-get-god-and-life-mixed-up-god-does-not-cause-the-pain-and-sorrow-he-suffers-with-us-and-desires-to-comfo 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/gregoire-delacourt/quote/sorrow-is-allowed-sorrow-is-advised-all-we-have-to-do-is-let-go-all-we-have-to-do-is-love 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/napoleon-hill/quote/during-times-of-disaster-sorrow-brings-people-together-in-a-spirit-of-friendship-and-influences-man-to-recognize-the-blessings-of-becoming-his-brothers-keeper 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/anna-seward/quote/when-death-or-adverse-fortunes-ruthless-galetears-our-best-hopes-away-the-wounded-heartexhausted-leans-on-all-that-can-impartthe-charm-of-sympathy-her-mutual-wailhow-soothing-never-can-her-wa 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/tara-conklin/quote/there-is-a-certain-kind-of-man-who-is-forever-searching-he-wanders-from-place-to-place-he-looks-hard-into-the-eyes-of-women-and-men-in-every-town-maybe-he-scratches-the-earth-or-wields-a-gun- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/daniel-alarcon/quote/and-what-does-he-feelhe-feels-uneasy-a-little-afaid-angry-oddly-a-hint-of-pridegood-henry-said-and-where-are-youbackstagehenry-shook-his-head-gravely-theres-no-such-thing-as-backstage-the-pla 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/trebor-healey/quote/yellowdog-where-does-sorrow-gohe-held-his-heart-lives-here-in-each-of-us 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/heidi-cullinan/quote/moments-of-something-this-good-this-unexpected-and-off-his-usual-path-they-always-dredged-up-old-shit-like-somehow-happiness-came-with-sorrow-as-its-anchor 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/virgil/quote/what-a-tale-hes-told-what-a-bitter-bowl-of-war-hes-drunk-to-the-dregs 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/aleksandar-hemon/quote/isabels-indelible-absence-is-now-an-organ-in-our-bodies-whose-sole-function-is-a-continuous-secretion-of-sorrow 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ross-lockridge-jr/quote/we-loved-and-were-fated-to-sorrow-but-from-our-striving-and-from-our-sorrow-we-fashioned-the-oldest-story-in-the-world 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/william-shakespeare/quote/for-sorrow-ends-not-when-it-seemeth-done 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mary-ann-shaffer/quote/sorrow-has-rushed-over-the-world-like-the-waters-of-the-deluge-and-it-will-take-time-to-recede-but-already-there-are-small-islands-of-hope-happiness-something-like-them-at-any-rate 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sophocles/quote/it-is-but-sorrow-to-be-wise-when-wisdom-profits-not 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/michael-tianias/quote/six-monthsit-been-six-months-since-you-passed-how-long-must-these-feelings-of-loss-last-its-been-six-months-since-you-diedon-the-surface-it-appears-i-never-really-cried-i-hide-away-my-tears-m 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/gian-kumar/quote/i-gives-birth-to-mind-mind-gives-birth-to-egoego-gives-birth-to-sense-of-separationfrom-where-originates-suffering-and-sorrow 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jennifer-megan-varnadore/quote/just-know-the-night-wont-last-forever-and-the-daybreak-is-just-around-the-corner-the-rain-only-lasts-so-long-until-it-has-to-stop-again-there-wont-always-be-sorrow-tomorrow-is-another-day-for 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/george-macdonald/quote/as-in-all-sweetest-music-a-tinge-of-sadness-was-in-every-note-nor-do-we-know-how-much-of-the-pleasures-even-of-life-we-owe-to-the-intermingled-sorrows-joy-cannot-unfold-the-deepest-truths-alt 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/fiona-paul/quote/to-my-lovely-starling-maybe-there-are-magical-words-that-will-make-you-understand-but-if-so-i-do-not-know-them-words-are-your-domain-ive-always-been-better-with-pictures-i-fear-you-think-i-am 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/david-paul-kirkpatrick/quote/tears-are-another-river-that-takes-us-home-we-become-alive-with-tears-there-isnt-a-chance-to-return-to-sleep-when-we-are-weeping 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kelly-creagh/quote/she-never-answered-she-couldnt-all-she-could-do-was-stare-reaching-toward-him-with-her-gaze-alone-pulling-him-to-drown-in-the-sorrow-of-those-depthless-black-pools 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/david-paul-kirkpatrick/quote/for-in-the-sorrow-there-is-also-our-happiness 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/miguel-de-unamuno/quote/a-pedant-who-beheld-solon-weeping-for-the-death-of-a-son-said-to-him-why-do-you-weep-thus-if-weeping-avails-nothing-and-the-sage-answered-him-precisely-for-that-reason-because-it-does-not-ava 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/herman-melville/quote/that-mortal-man-who-hath-more-of-joy-than-sorrow-in-him-that-mortal-man-cannot-be-true-not-true-or-undeveloped-with-books-the-same-the-truest-of-all-men-was-the-man-of-sorrows-and-the-truest- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/omar-khayyam/quote/the-mighty-mahmud-allah-breathing-lordthat-all-the-misbelieving-and-black-hordeof-fears-and-sorrows-that-infest-the-soulscatters-before-him-with-his-whirlwind-sword 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/diet-eman/quote/darling-if-i-think-of-all-i-miss-now-i-will-go-crazy-i-should-not-think-of-that-i-only-want-to-think-of-all-that-i-still-have-and-then-i-am-rich-your-spirit-is-always-around-me-in-your-diary- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/olivia-ames-hoblitzelle/quote/do-whatever-you-do-joyfully-because-discipline-the-true-meaning-of-the-word-is-characterized-by-doing-something-with-joy-even-the-little-things-see-them-as-an-opportunity-a-blessing-a-meditat 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dante-alighieri/quote/the-weapons-of-divine-justice-are-blunted-by-the-confession-and-sorrow-of-the-offender 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/daniel-pennac/quote/i-have-never-experienced-a-sorrow-that-was-not-relieved-by-an-hour-of-reading 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/fisher-amelie/quote/you-may-have-misery-she-continued-ignoring-my-plea-you-may-lose-hope-in-the-sorrow-of-an-unplanned-life-but-as-long-as-you-have-faith-and-trust-in-adoration-in-affection-in-love-that-sorrow-w 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/iain-banks/quote/and-i-confess-that-like-a-child-i-cry-ah-self-pity-i-think-we-are-at-our-most-honest-and-sincere-when-we-feel-sorry-for-ourselves 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/craig-froman/quote/in-freedom-you-form-in-utter-disgracethe-bars-of-my-prison-this-nightwhile-you-drift-on-currents-of-seraphim-heightsit-is-i-who-deserve-to-take-flight 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ray-anyasi/quote/drink-my-friends-you-can-never-drink-too-much-alcohol-when-you-have-drunk-too-much-sorrow-peter-kotara 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/james-carlos-blake/quote/he-finally-comprehended-that-the-sole-impossibility-regarding-human-sorrow-is-to-arrive-at-some-unsurpassable-limit-to-it 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/edward-said/quote/exile-is-strangely-compelling-to-think-about-but-terrible-to-experience-it-is-the-unhealable-rift-forced-between-a-human-being-and-a-native-place-between-the-self-and-its-true-home-its-essent 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/william-shakespeare/quote/ill-read-enoughwhen-i-do-see-the-very-book-indeedwhere-all-my-sins-are-writ-and-thats-myselfgive-me-that-glass-and-therein-will-i-readno-deeper-wrinkles-yet-hath-sorrow-struckso-many-blows-up 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/richelle-e-goodrich/quote/to-laugh-continually-is-to-never-laugh-at-all-for-it-takes-the-periodic-sound-of-sorrow-from-which-to-distinguish-the-sound-of-joy 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/william-shakespeare/quote/frailty-thy-name-is-woman-a-little-month-or-ere-those-shoes-were-oldwith-which-she-followd-my-poor-fathers-bodylike-niobe-all-tears 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/john-cantwell/quote/i-wanted-to-share-the-risks-the-digger-in-afghanistan-took-every-day-whenever-i-could-i-joined-patrols-outside-the-wire-walking-the-same-dusty-tracks-and-fields-as-the-ordinary-soldiers-i-did 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/alice-hoffman/quote/time-wasnt-the-same-anymore-doors-were-slamming-shut-before-we-even-knew-theyd-been-opened-good-fortune-can-take-forever-to-get-to-you-but-as-it-turns-out-sorrow-is-as-quick-as-a-shot 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jeb-spredemann/quote/she-breathed-in-the-crisp-autumn-air-hoping-the-loveliness-of-nature-would-somehow-cleanse-her-soul-and-overshadow-her-sorrow 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/omar-khayyam/quote/where-is-an-intimate-friend-wholl-hear-the-secret-from-me-straight-out-of-what-human-beings-have-been-from-the-moment-they-began-they-are-born-of-toil-and-molded-from-the-clay-of-sorrowthey-w 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jennifer-donnelly/quote/they-sat-quietly-together-for-a-few-minutes-joe-holding-fionas-hand-fiona-sniffling-no-flowery-words-no-platitudes-passed-between-them-joe-would-have-done-anything-to-ease-her-suffering-but-h 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/darnell-lamont-walker/quote/and-like-that-i-said-goodbye-to-my-grandmother-like-we-were-two-people-who-met-in-a-coffee-shop-shared-a-lifetime-of-stories-and-left-wanting-more-but-knowing-wed-meet-there-again 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jamie-schoffman/quote/i-can-still-hear-the-screams-they-wake-me-in-the-night-terrible-gut-wrenching-painful-screams-screams-that-can-only-come-from-the-deepest-and-darkest-recesses-of-the-mind-these-were-not-screa 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/charles-dickens/quote/waste-forces-within-him-and-a-desert-all-around-this-man-stood-still-on-his-way-across-a-silent-terrace-and-saw-for-a-moment-lying-in-the-wilderness-before-him-a-mirage-of-honourable-ambition 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/david-levithan/quote/you-can-find-sorrow-in-the-arithmetic-and-you-can-find-a-bittersweet-hope 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/darnell-lamont-walker/quote/sorrow-is-what-i-feel-for-people-who-arent-doing-what-they-love-i-keep-my-distance-from-them-as-though-theyre-contagious-they-are-i-believe 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/nandanie-phalgoo/quote/in-life-you-dont-have-miracles-you-dont-have-anything-but-whatever-you-can-hold-on-to 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/richelle-mead/quote/hey-hes-awesome-a-little-unstable-but-awesome-we-got-along-great-adrian-opened-the-door-to-the-building-we-were-seeking-and-hes-a-badass-in-his-way-too-i-mean-any-other-guy-who-wore-scarves-l 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/richelle-mead/quote/hed-written-me-up-a-proposal-of-why-dating-him-was-a-sound-decision-it-had-included-things-like-ill-give-up-cigarettes-unless-i-really-really-need-one-and-ill-unleash-romantic-surprises-every 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/richelle-mead/quote/i-nearly-dropped-the-plate-i-held-youve-asked-me-out-tons-of-timesnot-really-ive-made-inapproprite-suggestions-and-frequently-pushed-for-nudity-but-ive-never-asked-you-out-on-a-real-date-and- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/joshua-harris/quote/the-joy-of-intimacy-is-the-reward-of-commitment 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 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https://atomicquote.com/author/maggie-stiefvater/quote/are-you-sure-you-want-to-go-out-with-someone-with-that-kind-of-history-he-could-have-a-psychotic-break-i-read-that-people-get-those-when-theyre-twenty-eight 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/diana-peterfreund/quote/amazing-how-being-bathed-in-arterial-blood-can-wash-out-any-lingering-romantic-disappointments 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/myles-munroe/quote/a-persons-readiness-to-date-is-largely-a-matter-of-maturity-and-environment 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/tana-french/quote/i-listen-to-the-things-people-want-out-of-love-these-days-and-they-blow-my-mind-i-go-to-the-pub-with-the-boys-from-the-squad-and-listen-while-they-explain-with-minute-precision-exactly-what-s 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 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https://atomicquote.com/author/james-lee-schmidt/quote/my-last-girlfriend-was-a-showgirl-but-we-eventually-broke-up-because-she-wouldnt-tell-me-anything-now-im-dating-a-girl-who-looks-exactly-like-my-grandma-only-my-girl-older-james-lee-schmidt-a 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/juliann-whicker/quote/i-attacked-him-he-healed-me-then-he-took-me-hunting-i-threatened-him-and-he-took-me-home-wow-that-was-like-a-date 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/bj-novak/quote/what-needed-to-stop-was-the-succession-of-dates-with-these-relatively-impressive-relatively-interesting-people-when-i-could-tell-from-the-first-minute-that-everyone-here-was-going-to-end-as-a 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ad-aliwat/quote/it-wasnt-really-acceptable-to-be-single-for-more-than-a-week-two-tops-if-you-were-cool-in-junior-high 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/pamela-burford/quote/bob-leaned-back-and-straightened-his-red-paisley-power-tie-his-smile-was-a-bit-lopsided-and-more-than-a-bit-suggestive-in-my-experience-older-women-have-very-definite-ideas-about-what-they-wa 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/pamela-burford/quote/youre-repulsive-mikehuhi-said-youre-impulsive-such-a-fun-impulsive-guy-when-leah-looked-into-her-dates-little-eyes-she-couldnt-help-picturing-mavis-fletchers-prize-sow-gertie-in-a-two-thousan 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/elizabeth-langston/quote/his-arm-slid-around-my-shoulders-and-drew-me-to-him-it-was-odd-sitting-there-under-the-veil-of-darkness-watching-the-neighborhood-settle-down-lamps-burned-in-windows-tvs-flickered-a-few-house 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/vann-chow/quote/understand-that-i-am-even-ignored-by-the-opposite-sex-on-the-internet 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/peter-nichols/quote/the-likelihood-of-meeting-anyone-who-wouldnt-make-him-feel-even-lonelier-seemed-increasingly-remote-life-was-a-dwindling-process-now-not-a-building-proposition-he-couldnt-imagine-being-with-s 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sherrilyn-kenyon/quote/im-just-glad-youre-all-right-and-if-you-want-to-date-i-promise-i-wont-gut-the-little-maleshe-laughed-at-that-i-can-wait-until-youre-ready-i-dont-want-you-in-jail-for-itfain-smiled-very-well-i 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/vann-chow/quote/partying-and-dancing-have-never-been-my-thing-but-drinking-i-could-do-with-reasonable-familiarity-and-skills-i-decided-to-begin-there 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/danika-stone/quote/you-can-do-it-now-you-cant-say-youve-never-dated-because-you-have-a-lot-of-people-actually-xanders-gave-her-a-mischievous-grin-youve-leveled-up-dearest-youre-an-expert-on-dating-compared-to-l 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https://atomicquote.com/author/soojung-jo/quote/im-ready-for-the-day-when-mom-loves-me-too-much-to-keep-me-and-for-every-other-person-who-will-someday-see-that-im-not-worth-holding-on-to 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/soojung-jo/quote/i-dont-understand-this-when-people-love-you-so-much-they-are-willing-to-get-rid-of-you-i-think-if-i-loved-someone-that-much-id-want-to-stay-with-them-it-doesnt-make-sense-that-love-would-make 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/soojung-jo/quote/having-a-blood-family-means-suddenly-revising-a-definition-of-family-that-i-have-over-many-years-learned-to-accept-how-can-i-hold-both-concepts-in-my-mind-or-find-room-for-both-families-in-my 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/cara-lopez-lee/quote/running-away-is-vastly-underrated 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/susan-leona-fisher/quote/pen-and-paper-have-been-my-life-now-they-may-herald-my-death-but-i-asked-for-these-the-traditional-tools-of-my-trade-and-to-my-surprise-my-request-has-been-granted 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/jacques-yonnet/quote/id-very-much-like-to-conclude-something-from-this-experiment-or-that-it-should-raise-a-question-in-my-mind-and-a-commitment-to-get-to-the-bottom-of-the-matter-to-investigate-to-come-up-with-a 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/bill-buford/quote/what-made-them-particularly-unusual-was-the-way-steve-presented-them-he-was-rational-and-fluent-and-had-given-much-thought-to-the-problems-he-was-discussing-although-he-had-not-thought-about- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lawrence-anthony/quote/the-americans-were-understandably-on-hair-triggers-there-was-a-good-reason-for-all-of-this-security-for-despite-tv-images-of-quick-victory-much-of-baghdad-certainly-had-not-fallen-and-firefig 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ann-patras/quote/the-nearest-one-came-to-a-tumble-dryer-was-if-the-laundry-basket-was-dropped-on-the-way-to-the-washing-line-and-then-the-whole-lot-went-tumbling-down-the-drive 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/victoria-twead/quote/romance-blossomed-over-a-carrier-bag-full-of-mackerel-it-wasnt-exactly-how-i-imagined-it-would-happen-there-were-no-sunsets-or-butterflies-or-birdsong-just-some-smelly-dead-fish-and-a-slimy-c 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/maggie-georgiana-young/quote/my-shipmates-and-i-only-grasped-our-roles-on-the-very-superficial-level-we-were-taught-we-were-fighting-the-bad-guys-they-were-the-bad-guys-because-we-were-told-that-they-were-the-bad-guys-we 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/shary-hauer/quote/i-do-not-need-a-man-that-was-an-impossible-thought-when-i-married-john-thirty-years-ago-it-was-unimaginable-even-seven-years-ago-i-finally-understand-why-lasting-love-has-eluded-me-the-relati 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/linda-de-quincey/quote/shut-your-mouth-theres-a-bus-coming 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/sana-lynn/quote/your-heartbeat-is-so-different-from-his-i-whisper-it-he-has-to-ask-me-to-repeat-myself-i-explain-my-fatherhis-heartbeat-was-so-fast-i-could-feel-it-racingit-was-like-his-heartbeat-shook-my-wh 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/leeky-behrman/quote/i-define-success-as-being-the-best-authentic-me-that-i-can-be 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/maggie-georgiana-young/quote/im-pretty-sure-number-1-wasnt-even-aware-that-he-was-using-a-mans-deadliest-weapon-against-women-he-exposed-his-vulnerability-over-the-years-i-would-repeat-a-pattern-of-chronically-caving-to- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/reba-riley/quote/love-is-bigger-than-everything 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/reba-riley/quote/sometimes-to-move-forward-you-have-to-find-yourself-backwards 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/reba-riley/quote/i-considered-not-getting-up-but-recognized-the-pain-of-staying-down-was-worse-than-the-pain-of-attempting-to-stand 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/christa-parravani/quote/if-you-are-a-twin-you-watch-yourself-live-two-lives-yours-and-hers-its-constant-comparison-i-am-never-as-good-as-the-bad-i-wanted-her-to-be-i-was-the-only-soldier-i-needed-we-couldnt-haven-kn 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/dani-shapiro/quote/in-order-to-write-a-memoir-ive-sat-still-inside-the-swirling-vortex-of-my-own-complicated-history-like-a-piece-of-old-driftwood-battered-by-the-sea-ive-waited-sometimes-patiently-sometimes-in 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kimber-simpkins/quote/choose-this-life-choose-this-body-say-yes-to-all-of-it-say-yes-to-the-beauty-and-the-good-and-the-ugly-and-the-difficult-choose-what-you-have-what-you-are-choose-this-moment-choose-to-love-an 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/constance-briscoe/quote/do-your-parents-know-youre-here-asked-the-lady-at-social-services-no-i-said-but-i-want-to-know-about-childrens-homes-i-had-to-stand-on-my-toes-to-see-over-the-reception-desk 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/candace-allan/quote/you-kids-were-all-planned-you-were-just-planned-really-really-quickly 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/azar-nafisi/quote/value-your-dreams-but-be-wary-of-them-also-look-for-integrity-in-unusual-places 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/marilyn-sewell/quote/i-always-felt-awkward-and-unfinished-unworthy-of-love-suspicious-of-affection-offered-my-mothers-absence-became-a-great-presence-in-my-life 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lindsey-oconnor/quote/bonding-through-caregivingi-dont-think-id-ever-realized-until-then-that-so-much-affection-so-much-heart-connect-happens-when-we-take-care-of-someone 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/reba-riley/quote/this-is-why-being-broken-is-so-beautiful-being-broken-means-you-have-cracks-for-love-and-light-to-shine-through-gaps-for-the-godiverse-to-burrow-and-bloom-space-to-move-from-who-you-are-to-wh 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-doty/quote/and-i-was-cooking-for-three-and-teaching-and-taking-care-of-a-man-whod-just-collapsed-in-my-house-learning-to-cook-like-june-cleaver-didnt-exactly-seem-an-option 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/james-weston/quote/i-try-to-be-perfect-but-im-not-im-perfectly-imperfect-in-every-way 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/marie-brennan/quote/your-people-understand-the-forest-how-the-animals-behave-where-to-find-them-and-so-on-i-want-something-similar-but-instead-of-the-forest-as-a-whole-i-want-to-understand-dragons-they-are-not-o 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/kimber-simpkins/quote/this-body-needs-me-to-say-yes-to-it-just-as-it-is-right-now-no-more-singing-that-same-old-jingle-of-body-shame-and-dieters-promised-lands 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/amy-poehler/quote/you-can-only-move-if-you-are-actually-in-the-moment-you-have-to-be-where-you-are-to-get-where-you-need-to-go 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/juan-gabriel-vasquez/quote/i-read-somewhere-that-a-man-should-tell-the-story-of-his-life-at-the-age-of-forty-and-this-deadline-is-fast-approaching-as-i-write-these-lines-only-a-few-short-weeks-remain-before-this-ominou 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/charmaine-smith-ladd/quote/we-cannot-honor-those-we-have-lost-if-we-lose-our-minds-charmainism 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/aphrodite-phoenix/quote/i-had-lots-of-appointments-many-places-to-go-and-i-needed-a-lot-of-rest-the-art-of-constructively-selling-oneself-requires-much-tender-self-care 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/frances-mayes/quote/first-memory-a-man-at-the-back-door-is-saying-i-have-real-bad-news-sweat-is-dripping-off-his-face-garberts-been-shot-noise-from-my-mother-i-run-to-her-room-behind-her-im-jumping-on-the-canopi 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/margot-page/quote/how-many-humans-over-thousands-of-years-have-stood-thus-with-their-horses-seeing-in-them-the-lines-of-universal-perfection-the-majesty-of-grace-and-power-feeling-stronger-and-more-beautiful-t 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/piccolo-fortunato/quote/interns-unite-you-have-nothing-to-lose-but-your-unpaid-positions 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/aphrodite-phoenix/quote/how-could-she-have-gotten-herself-here-to-this-place-where-she-stood-by-while-the-man-she-adored-checked-out-things-to-share-with-his-wife-you-knew-what-you-were-getting-into-but-that-wasnt-r 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/rachel-kapelke-dale/quote/you-wont-be-able-to-do-this-ten-years-from-now-just-leave-everything-behind-and-go 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ilchi-lee/quote/its-only-natural-for-people-to-fall-but-there-are-people-who-even-if-they-fall-jump-right-back-up-right-away-and-run-forward-and-there-are-people-who-just-keep-sitting-there-crying 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/victoria-twead/quote/its-very-kind-of-you-to-take-us-in-said-the-vicar-smiling-were-so-sorry-if-weve-put-you-out-at-all-not-at-all-i-said-lying-through-my-teeth 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/stanley-hauerwas/quote/gentleness-is-given-to-those-who-have-learned-that-god-will-not-have-his-kingdom-triumph-through-the-violence-of-the-world-for-such-a-triumph-came-through-the-meekness-of-a-cross 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/ar-cecil/quote/within-that-quiet-little-girl-with-no-apparent-needs-lived-a-person-with-a-great-imagination-in-that-shell-i-lived-and-grew-and-planned-until-there-emerged-a-way-to-pull-all-the-loose-threads 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/victoria-twead/quote/the-vicars-handshake-was-warm-and-reassuring-but-shaking-hands-with-mavis-was-like-clutching-a-bunch-of-dead-twigs 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/felicity-hayes-mccoy/quote/this-book-tells-my-story-im-writing-it-in-ireland-in-a-house-on-a-hillside-the-house-sits-low-in-the-landscape-between-a-holy-well-and-the-site-of-an-iron-age-dwelling-it-was-built-of-stones- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/benay-nordby/quote/everyone-has-a-colorful-life-you-just-have-to-get-out-your-crayons 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/victoria-twead/quote/we-had-never-eaten-our-own-chickens-but-we-delighted-in-eating-their-eggs-no-matter-how-hot-the-summer-became-they-always-presented-us-with-eggs-which-i-thought-was-very-generous-of-them-cons 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/lk-campbell/quote/one-thing-i-always-admired-about-daddy-was-the-way-he-could-bounce-back-from-adversity-from-the-very-beginning-of-his-life-hed-had-more-than-his-share-of-broken-dreams-and-disappointments-he- 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/robert-appelbaum/quote/have-i-mentioned-the-loma-prieta-earthquake-of-1989-and-the-collapse-of-a-section-of-the-bay-bridge-or-the-oakland-firestorm-of-1991-no-need-there-are-already-there-in-my-narratives-that-fail 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/april-voytko-kempler/quote/from-one-end-to-the-other-i-have-identified-with-various-forms-of-spirituality-i-was-a-jew-then-a-god-hater-i-was-an-atheist-then-a-christian-for-which-i-was-called-a-traitor 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/annaliese-morgan/quote/not-to-put-too-fine-a-point-on-it-if-you-want-the-dream-if-you-want-to-sculpt-the-magic-inside-your-head-and-heart-for-real-if-you-want-the-recognition-if-you-want-your-true-identity-to-be-gl 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 https://atomicquote.com/author/benay-nordby/quote/we-human-beings-are-at-once-delicate-and-intricate-and-temporal-like-the-tulips-in-an-april-field-and-sturdy-resilient-and-enduring-as-mt-rainier-when-the-will-inspires-us-we-are-individual-m 2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00 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