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Saint Maybe
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"Saint Maybe" Quotes

A young man must come to terms with the consequences of a family tragedy and find a way to make amends.

Quotes

If we didn't need food, we'd have no reason to get up in the morning.

Anne Tyler

lifenecessity

You can't just erase your mistakes. You can't wipe them away like words off a chalkboard.

Anne Tyler

mistakesconsequences

The trouble with dying is you have to rely on other people to bury you.

Anne Tyler

deathreliance

It was like the world was a book, and he was reading it from the back to the front.

Anne Tyler

perspectiveunderstanding

You can't protect your children from the pain of the world. That kind of pain is coming, and it's coming like a freight train.

Anne Tyler

parentingpain

Family is the place you can always come back to, no matter how far you stray.

Anne Tyler

familyhome

Regret was a slippery emotion, always out of reach.

Anne Tyler

regretemotions

It's like those little birds that build their nests out of anything they can find, no matter how flimsy or ugly; they don't care, as long as they have something to call their own.

Anne Tyler

resilienceresourcefulness

Sometimes I think we don't even know what we're looking for until we find it.

Anne Tyler

discoveryuncertainty

There's a sort of grace in accepting what can't be changed.

Anne Tyler

acceptancegrace