Holly Goldberg Sloan Quotes

• For someone grieving, moving forward is the challenge. Because after extreme loss, you want to go back.

  Holly Goldberg Sloan

  Moving, Loss, Grieving

  Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013). “Counting by 7s”, p.115, Penguin

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• Endings are always the beginnings of something else

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  Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013). “Counting by 7s”, p.72, Penguin

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• If you're lost, you might need to swim against the tide.

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  Swim, Needs, Might

  Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013). “Counting by 7s”, p.243, Penguin

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• I'll be ready. I'm not sure for what exactly. But maybe that's what being ready really means.

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  Mean, Not Sure, Ready

  Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013). “Counting by 7s”, p.199, Penguin

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• The ability to keep your mouth shut is usually a sign of intelligence

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  Mouths, Ability

  Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013). “Counting by 7s”, p.90, Penguin

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• When you care about other people, it takes the spotlight off your own drama.

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  Drama, People, Care

  Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013). “Counting by 7s”, p.223, Penguin

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• What we expect rarely occurs; what we don't expect is what happens.

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  Happens

  Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013). “Counting by 7s”, p.138, Penguin

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• All reality is a blender where hopes and dreams are mixed with fear and despair.

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  Dream, Reality, Despair

  Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013). “Counting by 7s”, p.115, Penguin

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• I somehow make it through the first month. I dress and brush my teeth when they tell me to. And I experience the hollow feeling of complete loss, which is emptiness.

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  Loss, Feelings, Teeth

  Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013). “Counting by 7s”, p.116, Penguin

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• A second can feel like forever if what follows is heartbreak.

  Holly Goldberg Sloan

  Forever, Feels, Ifs

  Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013). “Counting by 7s”, p.221, Penguin

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• It has been my experience that rewarding and heartbreaking often go hand in hand.

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  Hands, Heartbreaking, Has Beens

  Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013). “Counting by 7s”, p.20, Penguin

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• Dysphagia is the medical term for not being able to swallow, and I know that there are two kinds of dysphagia: oropharyngeal and esophageal. But maybe there is also a third kind of dysphagia that comes when your heart breaks into pieces. I can't swallow because I have that kind.

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  Heart, Two, Able

  Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013). “Counting by 7s”, p.84, Penguin

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• And just being there is ninety-nine percent of what matters when your world falls apart

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  Fall, What Matters, Ninety Nine

  Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013). “Counting by 7s”, p.115, Penguin

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• I'm putting my place in the universe into perspective.
  I'm stardust.
  I'm golden brown.
  I'm just one small bit in a vast expanse.

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  Perspective, Golden, Stardust

  Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013). “Counting by 7s”, p.217, Penguin

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• For him and his brother, he now knew, that music was real. Becuase all you had to do, really, was be willing to use your imagination. And listen.

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  Brother, Real, Imagination

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• I don't want to know how you did it. I want to believe you are magic.

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  Believe, Magic, Want

  Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013). “Counting by 7s”, p.211, Penguin

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• I force myself to think of anything but the one thing that I'm actually always thinking about. And that is so exhausting that I sleep more than I ever have.

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  Sleep, Thinking, Force

  Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013). “Counting by 7s”, p.116, Penguin

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• From my observation, the older you get, the more you like the word cozy.
  That's why most of the elderly wear pants with elastic waistbands. If they wear pants at all. This may explain why grandparents are in love with buying grand kids pajamas and bathrobes.

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  Kids, Elderly, Grandparent

  Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013). “Counting by 7s”, p.27, Penguin

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