33 quotes found
“What had human beings become? Did war make us evil or just activate an evil already lurking within us?”
“Mother was comfort. Mother was home. A girl who lost her mother was suddenly a tiny boat on an angry ocean. Some boats eventually floated ashore. And some boats, like me, seemed to float farther an...”
“I became good at pretending. I became so good that after a while the lines blurred between my truth and fiction. And sometimes, when I did a really good job of pretending, I even fooled myself.”
“No Son [. . .] Not a traitor to your country. Much worse. A traitor to your soul.”
“Death, it seems, has a mind of its own.”
“Per aspera ad astra, Papa,' I whispered. Through hardship to the stars.”
“My arm began moving, turning the invisible crank of Death's music box. Somewhere inside, I didn't want the melody to end.”
“He wanted to know something about me. I leaned over and put my mouth to his ear. It was barely a whisper.'I'm a murderer.”
“Perhaps tomorrow I would actually put pen to paper.”
“What determines how we remember history and which elements are preserved and penetrate the collective consciousness? If historical novels stir your interest, pursue the facts, history, memories, an...”
“All the little duckies with their heads in the waterHeads in the waterAll the little duckies with their heads in the waterOh, such sweet little duckies.”
“I was surrounded by hundreds of drowned children, heads in the water, their little feet in the air.All the little duckies, with their heads in the waterHeads in the water.It was my punishment. Hono...”
“Everyone has a price,” she said.“But clearly not everyone has a soul,”
