Beth Merlin > Quotes

“Sometimes when I’m not sure which direction to go, I think about what I was doing the last time I was happy and try to do some more of that.”
― Beth Merlin, The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan

“Sometimes you don’t realize the weight of what you’ve been carrying until you finally lay it down.”
― Beth Merlin, The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan

“No space of regret can make amends for one life’s opportunity misused. —Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol”
― Beth Merlin, The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan

“Honey, did you ever stop to think that when things seem to be falling apart, they may actually be falling into place?”
― Beth Merlin, The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan

“rock bottom will teach you the lessons the mountaintops never could.”
― Beth Merlin, The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan

“growth is hard. Change is hard. But getting stuck in the past will rob you of a future every time.”
― Beth Merlin, Life Derailed

“A second chance, a new romance, 0 and just one more summer.”
― Beth Merlin, One S'more Summer

“There is always that one summer that changes you.”
― Beth Merlin, One S'more Summer

“We’re at the cutting edge of a technology that’s going to touch every aspect of our lives in the very near future. We can either embrace it or be left behind.”
― Beth Merlin, Life Derailed

“crisp and fresh,”
― Beth Merlin, The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan

“odds”
― Beth Merlin, The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan

“My father used to say rock bottom will teach you the lessons the mountaintops never could.”
― Beth Merlin, The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan

“On May 23, 2022, the last phone booth in New York City was removed from its post on Seventh Avenue and West Fiftieth Street, just south of Times Square, and moved to the Museum of the City of New York.”
― Beth Merlin, The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan

“Finances were always tight, but somehow Mom and Dad managed to make me feel like we had everything we needed. They created special moments to replace the things we couldn’t afford, and those memories became some of my favorites.”
― Beth Merlin, The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan

“Adam never outright discouraged me, but instead liked to highlight all the ways I could be happier. How he could make me happier. I didn’t back then, but now I understood all the small but subtle tactics he used to chip away at my dreams, convincing me his were better. But they weren’t. And I could see that now.”
― Beth Merlin, The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan

“no space of regret can make amends for one life’s opportunity misused.”
― Beth Merlin, The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan

“Actually, I consulted my tarot and crystals about your aura this morning before you arrived, and it seems like you’ll be a decent fit, according to my cards. And the universe, no cap.”
― Beth Merlin, The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan

“You don’t drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.”
― Beth Merlin, The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan

“You know patience has never been ‘My Strongest Suit.’” I sang the last words to the tune of the snappy Aida hit.”
― Beth Merlin, The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan

“You don’t drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. I took a deep breath and filled in the words for him. “Because deep down . . . deep down we want different things. I love you, but I think we both know it’s not working. Not anymore.”
― Beth Merlin, The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan