Loretta Nyhan > Quotes

“Love is stronger than blood. Don’t you ever doubt that.”
― Loretta Nyhan, The Other Family

“So Giacomo Advertising and Design survived, helmed by Frank’s only son, Frank, Jr., a graduate of a small, private university on the East Coast who’d worked a series of vague internships in New York. He carried the city in with him when he walked into the Giacomo offices”
― Loretta Nyhan, Digging In

“I thought about all of the people who said they were sorry when Jesse died. I knew they meant it, and I appreciated it, but I wondered if there was something else I would have rather heard. 'What do you think people should say to someone who's just lost a loved one? I don't think there are many options.'

Petra thought for a moment. 'If you knew the person who died, I think you should share a memory, something you don't think they'd know about. The wilder the better.'

'And if you didn't know the person who died?'

'Then you should ask for a good memory that best describes him or her. Let the grieving person have a moment with that person again.'

'Couldn't that be too painful?' I asked.

'It's all painful. Listening to a hundred people apologize for something they had nothing to do with is excruciating, isn't it? They can't reverse anything with their apologies.'

I wasn't sure I agreed with her, but it was a fresh perspective. Petra was rough around the edges, but she had wisdom I suspected was hard-won.”
― Loretta Nyhan, Digging In

“Everybody liked Frank, because Frank had that one quality no one could resist—he knew who he was and still liked himself.”
― Loretta Nyhan, Digging In

“I didn’t want to be impolite and ask what she was referring to. Then I gave it a second thought. How did people become friends? They shared parts of their pasts.”
― Loretta Nyhan, Digging In

“In every neighborhood, there’s a house that draws children to it like flies to fruit. Usually, it isn’t the one you’d think—the one with state-of-the-art sports gear and a play gym built by a team of engineers—but the one where chaos is not only tolerated but also welcomed, where the mom screeches and threatens but her pantry is always full and her heart open, the house where kids are left to mostly work things out for themselves. Casa Brophy was it.”
― Loretta Nyhan, All the Good Parts

“Some people learn sooner, others later. Not a big deal if the outcome is the same.”
― Loretta Nyhan, Digging In

“teal pumpkins alerted the community that a house was safe for food allergy sufferers.”
― Loretta Nyhan, The Other Family

“Odd that the breast cancer movement chose pink as its representative color, the shade of little girls’ bedrooms and cotton candy daydreams. I would have chosen steel gray or a tranquil blue, something exuding quiet strength and serenity.”
― Loretta Nyhan, All the Good Parts

“Do you know anyone worth her salt who isn’t hard on herself?” “Good question.” I thought about the women in my life... They could all give themselves a good pounding. The question was did it help or hurt? And how was it shaping my son’s perspective?”
― Loretta Nyhan, Digging In

“anything”
― Loretta Nyhan, The Other Family