“Bitching burns more calories than CrossFit. Look it up.”
I had to start out funny. One of my favorite parts of this book is the comic relief that Cindy provides. There are many one-liners by Cindy, but this one is my favorite.
“Death. Betrayal. Violence. We shared these experiences, in different ways, yet still very much the same. We were more alike than not, and now I knew why. Once you’ve been crushed by the fragility of life, you learned to fight for what matters.”
This was the moment in the book where Liz realized she and Reynolds had something in common. A Hollywood super-star and a stay at home mom from the suburbs would appear to be opposites, but they shared the drive to fight for the important things in life.
“Liz is my best friend, and the best person I have ever met… It’s my privilege to love her.”
This was the line in the book that made me, as the writer, fall in love with Reynolds. He truly believes that it is a privilege to love a woman who had been damaged, came with lots of baggage, but fully completed his life.
“… as much as the pain hurts us, it’s that pain that marks us; it brands us as changed. That mark, that branding, shows we’ve grown and adapted, and God willing, we emerge stronger. I’m stronger now than I’ve ever been before.”
The concept of being marked or branded by pain, but using that mark to make yourself stronger is an important one to this book. Growth can come from pain if you allow it to.
“My heart saw his heart. In that split second every fear, worry, and doubt dissipated.”
What I like about this quote is that her heart saw his heart. Hearts are discussed often in the book. From being broke, shattered, or cracked, to healing, warming, filling and finally being whole. Liz lives her life with her heart exposed and vulnerable, and by opening it to Reynolds, she finds life again.
I had to start out funny. One of my favorite parts of this book is the comic relief that Cindy provides. There are many one-liners by Cindy, but this one is my favorite.
“Death. Betrayal. Violence. We shared these experiences, in different ways, yet still very much the same. We were more alike than not, and now I knew why. Once you’ve been crushed by the fragility of life, you learned to fight for what matters.”
This was the moment in the book where Liz realized she and Reynolds had something in common. A Hollywood super-star and a stay at home mom from the suburbs would appear to be opposites, but they shared the drive to fight for the important things in life.
“Liz is my best friend, and the best person I have ever met… It’s my privilege to love her.”
This was the line in the book that made me, as the writer, fall in love with Reynolds. He truly believes that it is a privilege to love a woman who had been damaged, came with lots of baggage, but fully completed his life.
“… as much as the pain hurts us, it’s that pain that marks us; it brands us as changed. That mark, that branding, shows we’ve grown and adapted, and God willing, we emerge stronger. I’m stronger now than I’ve ever been before.”
The concept of being marked or branded by pain, but using that mark to make yourself stronger is an important one to this book. Growth can come from pain if you allow it to.
“My heart saw his heart. In that split second every fear, worry, and doubt dissipated.”
What I like about this quote is that her heart saw his heart. Hearts are discussed often in the book. From being broke, shattered, or cracked, to healing, warming, filling and finally being whole. Liz lives her life with her heart exposed and vulnerable, and by opening it to Reynolds, she finds life again.
