Create Yours Create Yours

Top 70 Alison Espach Quotes (2026 Update)

Alison Espach Quote: “Inside my house, nobody was home, except everybody, but it was easy to feel like those were one and the same.”

1. “Inside my house, nobody was home, except everybody, but it was easy to feel like those were one and the same.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “And maybe that’s it: You do things in the moment for the person you hope you might be two years from now. You don’t kill yourself when you are sad because one day you might not be sad, and you might want to go surfing with a man you really like?”

2. “And maybe that’s it: You do things in the moment for the person you hope you might be two years from now. You don’t kill yourself when you are sad because one day you might not be sad, and you might want to go surfing with a man you really like?”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “And yet, every day, it seemed, I was discovering new ways to feel fourteen again. Everyday, there were new ways to be disappointed by the conversation, by the weather.”

3. “And yet, every day, it seemed, I was discovering new ways to feel fourteen again. Everyday, there were new ways to be disappointed by the conversation, by the weather.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “Being an adult, it seemed, was horrible. But being a child was awful too, and moving from one state to the other only meant you were moving closer to death, with so much and so little to talk about all at the same time, and how was that even possible?”

4. “Being an adult, it seemed, was horrible. But being a child was awful too, and moving from one state to the other only meant you were moving closer to death, with so much and so little to talk about all at the same time, and how was that even possible?”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “Adults were constantly auditioning, but for what?”

5. “Adults were constantly auditioning, but for what?”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “Seems more plausible that Hell is some revenge fantasy concocted by unhappy people so they could punish all the happy people in their minds.”

6. “Seems more plausible that Hell is some revenge fantasy concocted by unhappy people so they could punish all the happy people in their minds.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “She gives up trying to feel like she’s in a painting. She doesn’t have to be beautiful in this moment. She doesn’t have to be anything, ever. Her husband is not watching. Her father is not watching. Nobody was ever really watching, except Phoebe. Phoebe was the only person waiting in the dark to condemn herself for every single thing when the day was over.”

7. “She gives up trying to feel like she’s in a painting. She doesn’t have to be beautiful in this moment. She doesn’t have to be anything, ever. Her husband is not watching. Her father is not watching. Nobody was ever really watching, except Phoebe. Phoebe was the only person waiting in the dark to condemn herself for every single thing when the day was over.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “I like knowing that my problems exist within a large and respected tradition of problems. That ever since the beginning of civilization, humans have been very upset.”

8. “I like knowing that my problems exist within a large and respected tradition of problems. That ever since the beginning of civilization, humans have been very upset.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “She wonders how terrifying it felt, not to know any of this about herself, to sit out on this big lawn, looking at the sea, feeling like she was at the very end of it all. She wonders what it was that made her realize there was somewhere else to go.”

9. “She wonders how terrifying it felt, not to know any of this about herself, to sit out on this big lawn, looking at the sea, feeling like she was at the very end of it all. She wonders what it was that made her realize there was somewhere else to go.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “When nothing bad happened, nobody even noticed. When nothing bad happened, it was just an ordinary day. Sometimes, when Dad was yelling his loudest at me, this was what he seemed to be saying: Do you people know how many ordinary days I’ve provided for you?”

10. “When nothing bad happened, nobody even noticed. When nothing bad happened, it was just an ordinary day. Sometimes, when Dad was yelling his loudest at me, this was what he seemed to be saying: Do you people know how many ordinary days I’ve provided for you?”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “That is why she has always preferred books – because to be alive is much harder.”

11. “That is why she has always preferred books – because to be alive is much harder.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “It’s what Phoebe is supposed to say as maid of honor. She is ready to tell any lie. So the transformation is complete: Phoebe is one of the wedding people now.”

12. “It’s what Phoebe is supposed to say as maid of honor. She is ready to tell any lie. So the transformation is complete: Phoebe is one of the wedding people now.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “For too long, she had felt stuck in the depths of her house, in the void of her depression, where she was not actually real. Where nothing was real. As if she had slipped out of the known world without anybody noticing, except for Harry, who would follow her around all day, up the stairs, down the stairs, into the bathroom where he would sit with his serious face and watch.”

13. “For too long, she had felt stuck in the depths of her house, in the void of her depression, where she was not actually real. Where nothing was real. As if she had slipped out of the known world without anybody noticing, except for Harry, who would follow her around all day, up the stairs, down the stairs, into the bathroom where he would sit with his serious face and watch.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “I knew enough by then to know that it was unfair to use a woman’s past self against her.”

14. “I knew enough by then to know that it was unfair to use a woman’s past self against her.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “Lila has no maid of honor and Phoebe has never been a maid of honor. It has always been a mark of shame for her, that no woman in this world was willing to claim her.”

15. “Lila has no maid of honor and Phoebe has never been a maid of honor. It has always been a mark of shame for her, that no woman in this world was willing to claim her.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “To be stuck inside her house was to be stuck inside herself and all the choices she made over the years.”

16. “To be stuck inside her house was to be stuck inside herself and all the choices she made over the years.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “I mean, I just lived my life in such a small way... It was too small. I was so convinced there was only one way to live my life.”

17. “I mean, I just lived my life in such a small way... It was too small. I was so convinced there was only one way to live my life.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “Your husband is not going to take care of you the way you think,” Phoebe says. “Nobody can take care of you the way you need to take care of yourself. It’s your job to take care of yourself like that.”

18. “Your husband is not going to take care of you the way you think,” Phoebe says. “Nobody can take care of you the way you need to take care of yourself. It’s your job to take care of yourself like that.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “Having a mother helps you believe that everybody wants to hear every little thing you think. Having a mother helps you speak without thinking. It allows you to trust in your most awful self, to yell and scream and cry, knowing that your mother will still love you by the end of it.”

19. “Having a mother helps you believe that everybody wants to hear every little thing you think. Having a mother helps you speak without thinking. It allows you to trust in your most awful self, to yell and scream and cry, knowing that your mother will still love you by the end of it.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “But now she needs something else. Now she rests her head on the coconut pillow and begins to read Mrs. Dalloway. Now she knows what it feels like to be beyond the traditional plot points of a life, to sit on a chair in an empty room feeling like there is nothing more than this solemn march forward.”

20. “But now she needs something else. Now she rests her head on the coconut pillow and begins to read Mrs. Dalloway. Now she knows what it feels like to be beyond the traditional plot points of a life, to sit on a chair in an empty room feeling like there is nothing more than this solemn march forward.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “It is not an easy thing to do, walk away from what you’ve built and save yourself.”

21. “It is not an easy thing to do, walk away from what you’ve built and save yourself.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “Sometimes, I feel like I have nothing real to say ever.”

22. “Sometimes, I feel like I have nothing real to say ever.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “I think the collector’s impulse is both beautiful and repugnant,” she says. To collect is to care more than most. But it is also to hoard. To take things out of the world and make them only yours.”

23. “I think the collector’s impulse is both beautiful and repugnant,” she says. To collect is to care more than most. But it is also to hoard. To take things out of the world and make them only yours.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “Right now, it’s not much. Her body feels worn out and weary. But she can brush her teeth. She can use mouthwash. She can drink a bottle of water. Then she can take a very long bath in the beautiful soaking tub.”

24. “Right now, it’s not much. Her body feels worn out and weary. But she can brush her teeth. She can use mouthwash. She can drink a bottle of water. Then she can take a very long bath in the beautiful soaking tub.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “Bridesmaids need the same kinds of stories soldiers do, stories that justify why they do what they do. Why they are willing to sacrifice who they are and a good night’s sleep for the noble cause of defending democracy and Lila and Gary’s love.”

25. “Bridesmaids need the same kinds of stories soldiers do, stories that justify why they do what they do. Why they are willing to sacrifice who they are and a good night’s sleep for the noble cause of defending democracy and Lila and Gary’s love.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “Teachers didn’t like it when you didn’t participate, even when you were a spelling bee champion who got 100s on all the exams. Silence made them uncomfortable. Silence was like a big watery void that reflected back whatever they feared the most.”

26. “Teachers didn’t like it when you didn’t participate, even when you were a spelling bee champion who got 100s on all the exams. Silence made them uncomfortable. Silence was like a big watery void that reflected back whatever they feared the most.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “She doesn’t see the point in staying alive only to do all the same things that made her want to die.”

27. “She doesn’t see the point in staying alive only to do all the same things that made her want to die.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “These stories were like little bibles to her, teaching her how to be normal, how to dream, how to believe that happiness and a new family would arrive in a single moment, on a single page, like the sudden crescendo of a symphony.”

28. “These stories were like little bibles to her, teaching her how to be normal, how to dream, how to believe that happiness and a new family would arrive in a single moment, on a single page, like the sudden crescendo of a symphony.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “But what a shame. Because now I see that I was too young and beautiful then not to be naked all of the time.” When Patricia realized that’s exactly how she would feel when she was ninety – that she was too young and beautiful at sixty not to have been naked all of the time – she reached out to the artist. “It had been decades,” Patricia says.”

29. “But what a shame. Because now I see that I was too young and beautiful then not to be naked all of the time.” When Patricia realized that’s exactly how she would feel when she was ninety – that she was too young and beautiful at sixty not to have been naked all of the time – she reached out to the artist. “It had been decades,” Patricia says.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “But she liked the thought of becoming a woman who casually did yoga by the sea.”

30. “But she liked the thought of becoming a woman who casually did yoga by the sea.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “We laughed a lot, but I don’t remember about what. I just remember laughing. And wasn’t that the most important thing? Wasn’t that all a person wanted to remember?”

31. “We laughed a lot, but I don’t remember about what. I just remember laughing. And wasn’t that the most important thing? Wasn’t that all a person wanted to remember?”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “This is the gift random strangers can give you, Phoebe is realizing – the freedom to say or be anything around them. Because who cares? He doesn’t know her, will never know her.”

32. “This is the gift random strangers can give you, Phoebe is realizing – the freedom to say or be anything around them. Because who cares? He doesn’t know her, will never know her.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “Lila admits she does not do the best job of keeping in touch with her friends when they are no longer right in front of her face.”

33. “Lila admits she does not do the best job of keeping in touch with her friends when they are no longer right in front of her face.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “Does she regret planning such a big wedding? Does she feel proud of her choices? Does she feel trapped in the spectacle of her own making? And how did weddings get like this? How did they get so big, come to be so important, that a woman couldn’t see her way out of it? That a woman would sacrifice her entire life for it?”

34. “Does she regret planning such a big wedding? Does she feel proud of her choices? Does she feel trapped in the spectacle of her own making? And how did weddings get like this? How did they get so big, come to be so important, that a woman couldn’t see her way out of it? That a woman would sacrifice her entire life for it?”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “And maybe that’s it: You do things in the moment for the person you hope you might be two years from now.”

35. “And maybe that’s it: You do things in the moment for the person you hope you might be two years from now.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “Lila, every day this week, you gave me a reason to get up in the morning, to put on a beautiful dress and be part of something, and for that I will always be grateful.”

36. “Lila, every day this week, you gave me a reason to get up in the morning, to put on a beautiful dress and be part of something, and for that I will always be grateful.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “There are some people in this world who remind you of exactly how you like to speak.”

37. “There are some people in this world who remind you of exactly how you like to speak.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “He was always worried about protecting Phoebe from herself. Like when Phoebe was pregnant, Matt looked at the two lines on the stick and said, ‘It’s too early to get excited, isn’t it?’ and she agreed, but when she started bleeding ten weeks later, she hated herself for agreeing, for not getting excited when she had the chance.”

38. “He was always worried about protecting Phoebe from herself. Like when Phoebe was pregnant, Matt looked at the two lines on the stick and said, ‘It’s too early to get excited, isn’t it?’ and she agreed, but when she started bleeding ten weeks later, she hated herself for agreeing, for not getting excited when she had the chance.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “But she shouldn’t think of Lila either. She shouldn’t think at all. Bob was right – she thinks too much. She thinks and thinks and thinks until she gets so tired of thinking, she never properly finishes whatever she started.”

39. “But she shouldn’t think of Lila either. She shouldn’t think at all. Bob was right – she thinks too much. She thinks and thinks and thinks until she gets so tired of thinking, she never properly finishes whatever she started.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “Maybe this is the part of her life when she gets to start saying what she means, for better or worse. Because no amount of truth can be worse than the feeling she got after years of hiding from it.”

40. “Maybe this is the part of her life when she gets to start saying what she means, for better or worse. Because no amount of truth can be worse than the feeling she got after years of hiding from it.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “Love was an invisible wire, connecting them always.”

41. “Love was an invisible wire, connecting them always.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “Phoebe believes a loving mother gives a person a kind of confidence to exist that Phoebe never quite had.”

42. “Phoebe believes a loving mother gives a person a kind of confidence to exist that Phoebe never quite had.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “She has always been so afraid to know things about herself – so afraid of reading the truth in course evaluations, or seeing her large nose in a photograph, or listening to her therapist draw unbearably accurate conclusion about her.”

43. “She has always been so afraid to know things about herself – so afraid of reading the truth in course evaluations, or seeing her large nose in a photograph, or listening to her therapist draw unbearably accurate conclusion about her.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “Phoebe didn’t think she’d end up being a woman like this. But if the last few years have taught her anything, it’s that you really can’t ever know who you are going to become.”

44. “Phoebe didn’t think she’d end up being a woman like this. But if the last few years have taught her anything, it’s that you really can’t ever know who you are going to become.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “It’s not pathetic to want things, Phoebe.”

45. “It’s not pathetic to want things, Phoebe.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “Some people don’t ask for what they need. Some people are like religious children that way, mistaking suffering with goodness.”

46. “Some people don’t ask for what they need. Some people are like religious children that way, mistaking suffering with goodness.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “His intelligence was one of the reasons that she fell in love with him. But it was annoying to see young women worship it, because nobody worshipped hers. People were either surprised by it or disapproving of it.”

47. “His intelligence was one of the reasons that she fell in love with him. But it was annoying to see young women worship it, because nobody worshipped hers. People were either surprised by it or disapproving of it.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “So don’t even bother telling me you have plans, because I know you were planning on being dead right now.”

48. “So don’t even bother telling me you have plans, because I know you were planning on being dead right now.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “These are big questions, Phoebe thinks, and good writing is always driven by a big question.”

49. “These are big questions, Phoebe thinks, and good writing is always driven by a big question.”

— Alison Espach

Alison Espach Quote: “The bigger the gesture, the emptier the feeling. The more wedding you need, the less happy you must be.”

50. “The bigger the gesture, the emptier the feeling. The more wedding you need, the less happy you must be.”

— Alison Espach

Motivational Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes

Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes

Positive Quotes

Positive Quotes

Albert Einstein Quotes

Albert Einstein Quotes

Startup Quotes

PREV 1 2 NEXT

Motivational Quotes

Motivational Quotes

INSPIRATIONAL SUCCESS MOTIVATIONAL

Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes

Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes

ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS INSPIRATIONAL

Positive Quotes

Positive Quotes

POSITIVITY

Albert Einstein Quotes

Albert Einstein Quotes

SCIENCE LIFE

Startup Quotes

ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS INSPIRATIONAL

Steve Jobs Quotes

Steve Jobs Quotes

ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS APPLE

Inspirational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

INSPIRATIONAL

Success Quotes

SUCCESS

Motivational Wallpapers

Motivational Wallpapers

MOTIVATIONAL WALLPAPERS

Courage Quotes

COURAGE MOTIVATIONAL STRENGTH

Focus Quotes

INSPIRATIONAL SUCCESS MOTIVATIONAL

Life Quotes

LIFE

QUOTE TEXT

— ,

Close

Save image...
Permalink
Open in new tab
Copy quote text

Beautiful Wallpapers and Images

We hope you enjoyed our collection of 70 Alison Espach Quotes.

All the images on this page were created with QuoteFancy Studio.

Use QuoteFancy Studio to create high-quality images for your desktop backgrounds, blog posts, presentations, social media, videos, posters, and more.

Thank you!

Please check your email.

Learn more

Browse by:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

hello@quotefancy.com

Terms of use Privacy policy Quote Maker Contact us

© 2026 Quotefancy. All rights reserved.