I made a note to talk to him about soft drinks. Those beverages are not healthy. From counting by 7s (not listed in drop-down)

— Holly Goldberg Sloan

I somehow make it through the first month. I dress and brush my teeth when they tell me to. And I experience the hollow feeling of complete loss, which is emptiness.

— Holly Goldberg Sloan

It was possible that he was making some progress in his mental health condition by seeing me.

— Holly Goldberg Sloan

It would look pretty messed up to be a social worker and have dried kid blood as a permanent stain in your vehicle.

— Holly Goldberg Sloan

Only in cartoons and fairy tales and greeting cards do endings have glitter

— Holly Goldberg Sloan

Pattie saw grief. Her eyes focused on a version of her own young self, and so many other children in Vietnam who grew up without parents, some abandoned because of their ethnicity, others because of tragedy. And her arms reached out wide.

— Holly Goldberg Sloan

She said they needed to put down a real root system to achieve their potential

— Holly Goldberg Sloan

Thanks, Mom. Thanks for making me try out for this play.' I think I might have just made being a mother totally worthwhile for her. I will try to never forget her face... Mom's got tears in her eyes, and she's smiling. It's an amazing look. I have to remember how powerful it can be to say thank you. Especially to the people you live with.

— Holly Goldberg Sloan

[T]he the deepest form of pain comes out as silence.

— Holly Goldberg Sloan

This is why the deepest form of pain comes out as silence.

— Holly Goldberg Sloan