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Emma Straub quotes: So much of being a good friend was knowing when to keep your mouth shut.

So much of being a good friend was knowing when to keep your mouth shut.

Emma Straub quotes: It glowed in the mid-morning sunlight, the black shutters on the open windows eyelashes on a beautiful face.

It glowed in the mid-morning sunlight, the black shutters on the open windows eyelashes on a beautiful face.

Emma Straub quotes: I mean, it's never too late to decide to do something else. Becoming an adult doesn't mean that you suddenly have all the answers.

I mean, it's never too late to decide to do something else. Becoming an adult doesn't mean that you suddenly have all the answers.

Emma Straub quotes: Families were nothing more than hope cast out in a wide net, everyone wanting only the best.

Families were nothing more than hope cast out in a wide net, everyone wanting only the best.

Emma Straub quotes: Choices were easy to make until you realized how long life could be.

Choices were easy to make until you realized how long life could be.

Emma Straub quotes: Happy was a word for sorority girls and clowns, and those were two distinctly fucked-up groups of people.

Happy was a word for sorority girls and clowns, and those were two distinctly fucked-up groups of people.

Emma Straub quotes: A good swimming pool could do that - make the rest of the world seem impossibly insignificant, as far away as the surface of the moon.

A good swimming pool could do that - make the rest of the world seem impossibly insignificant, as far away as the surface of the moon.

Emma Straub quotes: It was the most beautiful dress Harry had ever seen. It wasn't just a dress; it was a religion.

It was the most beautiful dress Harry had ever seen. It wasn't just a dress; it was a religion.

Emma Straub quotes: to be a hypocrite or a liar? Jim wasn't

to be a hypocrite or a liar? Jim wasn't

Emma Straub quotes: It seemed like folly to imagine that one could fill a house (or a tent) with relatives and still expect to have a pleasant vacation.

It seemed like folly to imagine that one could fill a house (or a tent) with relatives and still expect to have a pleasant vacation.

Emma Straub quotes: Parenthood is the only job that gets progressively harder every single year, and you never, ever, ever get a raise.

Parenthood is the only job that gets progressively harder every single year, and you never, ever, ever get a raise.

Emma Straub quotes: Maybe that was the answer to good parenting - pretending the first child was the second.

Maybe that was the answer to good parenting - pretending the first child was the second.

Emma Straub quotes: They were just wading through the muck like everyone else.

They were just wading through the muck like everyone else.

Emma Straub quotes: They were with their mother, and so they were acting like children.

They were with their mother, and so they were acting like children.

Emma Straub quotes: A good boy almost all of the time, as well behaved as a loyal hound

A good boy almost all of the time, as well behaved as a loyal hound

Emma Straub quotes: the night before, but now, moments before their scheduled departure, he was wavering. Had he packed enough books? He walked back and forth in front

the night before, but now, moments before their scheduled departure, he was wavering. Had he packed enough books? He walked back and forth in front

Emma Straub quotes: There was nothing about youth that was fair: the young hadn't done anything to deserve it, and the old hadn't done anything to drive it away.

There was nothing about youth that was fair: the young hadn't done anything to deserve it, and the old hadn't done anything to drive it away.

Emma Straub quotes: Me tienen hasta los huevos. It means I've had it up to my balls.

Me tienen hasta los huevos. It means I've had it up to my balls.

Emma Straub quotes: No on thought that they would be anything more or less than perfectly fine.

No on thought that they would be anything more or less than perfectly fine.

Emma Straub quotes: Laura was going to sew herself into the shape of happiness all on her own.

Laura was going to sew herself into the shape of happiness all on her own.

Emma Straub quotes: Why couldn't everyone stay young forever? If not on the outside, then just on the inside, where no one ever got too old to be optimistic.

Why couldn't everyone stay young forever? If not on the outside, then just on the inside, where no one ever got too old to be optimistic.

Emma Straub quotes: Taylor Swift had probably slept with more people than she had, and good for her.

Taylor Swift had probably slept with more people than she had, and good for her.

Emma Straub quotes: Things that happen in seven years: Brad Pitt in Tibet. The itch.

Things that happen in seven years: Brad Pitt in Tibet. The itch.

Emma Straub quotes: They had chosen to make the leap and, having leapt, were delighted to find that the world was even more beautiful than they'd hoped.

They had chosen to make the leap and, having leapt, were delighted to find that the world was even more beautiful than they'd hoped.

Emma Straub quotes: The Internet was excellent for confirming one's worst fears about the human race.

The Internet was excellent for confirming one's worst fears about the human race.

Emma Straub quotes: Laura wanted all of it back, every moment, so that she could live it all over again.

Laura wanted all of it back, every moment, so that she could live it all over again.

Emma Straub quotes: ... She was as beautiful and lost as a landlocked mermaid.

... She was as beautiful and lost as a landlocked mermaid.

Emma Straub quotes: Dogs were gloriously uncomplicated creatures - food and play and sleep and love, that was all they needed.

Dogs were gloriously uncomplicated creatures - food and play and sleep and love, that was all they needed.

Emma Straub quotes: Kids are forever, even if love isn't, right?

Kids are forever, even if love isn't, right?

Emma Straub quotes: the major accomplishment of her life was producing two children who seemed to like each other even when no one else was looking,

the major accomplishment of her life was producing two children who seemed to like each other even when no one else was looking,

Emma Straub quotes: There wasn't enough time in the world, not for the things that mattered most.

There wasn't enough time in the world, not for the things that mattered most.

Emma Straub quotes: All she wanted was a button she could push to pause her age, just for a little while, a few years, while she got used to the idea.

All she wanted was a button she could push to pause her age, just for a little while, a few years, while she got used to the idea.

Emma Straub quotes: Leaving. That was the word she liked to use. Not going away, which implied a return, but leaving, which implied a jet plane.

Leaving. That was the word she liked to use. Not going away, which implied a return, but leaving, which implied a jet plane.

Emma Straub quotes: Jim's vague understanding was that she had so much money that a strict job description was superfluous.

Jim's vague understanding was that she had so much money that a strict job description was superfluous.

Emma Straub quotes: She wanted the world to stop and take notice before hobbling forward, forever changed. The problem was that no one seemed to be changed but her.

She wanted the world to stop and take notice before hobbling forward, forever changed. The problem was that no one seemed to be changed but her.

Emma Straub quotes: Some people smoked crack in alleyways. Franny ate chocolate. On the scale of things, it seemed entirely reasonable.

Some people smoked crack in alleyways. Franny ate chocolate. On the scale of things, it seemed entirely reasonable.

Emma Straub quotes: It was crazy, what young people believed was possible, what so many earnest twenty-three-year-olds took for granted about the rest of their lives.

It was crazy, what young people believed was possible, what so many earnest twenty-three-year-olds took for granted about the rest of their lives.

Emma Straub quotes: If I'd had a friend next to me, I would have squeezed her arm and said, Can you believe this? - but kitsch wasn't kitsch if you were alone.

If I'd had a friend next to me, I would have squeezed her arm and said, Can you believe this? - but kitsch wasn't kitsch if you were alone.

Emma Straub quotes: Maybe that was the key to all good relationships, having oceans of time apart.

Maybe that was the key to all good relationships, having oceans of time apart.