"Truth and Beauty" Quotes
"Truth and Beauty" by Ann Patchett is a memoir about the author's friendship with Lucy Grealy.
memoir | 257 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
You don't have to be good at it. You just have to be honest about it.
We were friends; we were in a circle together. We weren’t in love, we were in a book club.
I’m not saying I’m not happy. I’m saying I understand what happiness is.
I look like I’m all right, but I’m not. I’m really not.
I just wanted to know, what would it be like? I just wanted to go to the party.
I had a vision of our happy ending, but I never expected it to be like this.
You get what you get. You don’t get to choose what you get.
There are people who would have loved you and taken care of you. People who would have been your family.
In the end, we all do what we can to keep our hearts unbroken.
I can’t fix it, but I can be there, and I won’t leave you alone.





