Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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She knows too well what it's like to tamp down your natural inclinations, to force a smile when you feel numb....The expression of emotion does not come naturally, so yo learn to fake it. To pretend. To display an empathy you don't really feel. And so it is that you learn to pass, if you're lucky, to look like everyone else, even though you're broken inside.

Christina Baker Kline's Popular Quotes

Time constricts and flattens, you know. It's not evenly weighted. Certain moments linger in the mind and others disappear.

- Christina Baker Kline

It's human nature to want to think the best of others, but if you listen carefully, people will always tell you who they are.

- Christina Baker Kline

And so it is that you learn how to pass, if you're lucky, to look like everyone else, even though you're broken inside.

- Christina Baker Kline

I like the assumption that everyone is trying his best, and we should all just be kind to each other.

- Christina Baker Kline

I never want to feel constrained by writing a novel for a specific audience.

- Christina Baker Kline

I've come to think that's what heaven is- a place in the memory of others where our best selves live on.

- Christina Baker Kline

I have a lot of empathy for women who fit their writing into the crevices of their too-busy lives, as I once did.

- Christina Baker Kline

So is it just human nature to believe that things happen for a reason - to find some shred of meaning even in the worst experiences?

- Christina Baker Kline

You got to learn to take what people are willing to give.

- Christina Baker Kline