Maja

“But they gave me Finn.
He said it like maybe it was worth the trade. Like it was something he would do again if he had the choice. Like he would take a man's legs and give away years of his own freedom if it was the only way. I thought how that was wrong and terrible and beautiful all at the same time.”
― Carol Rifka Brunt, Tell the Wolves I'm Home

“When you have a watch, time is like a swimming pool. There are edges and sides. Without a watch, time is like the ocean. Sloppy and vast.”
― Carol Rifka Brunt, Tell the Wolves I'm Home

“In a way, women were asking for men to be poets and driving, passionate lovers at the same time.”
― Robert James Waller, The Bridges of Madison County

“I stared out the car window and understood that I was in a place where nobody knew my heart even a little bit.”
― Carol Rifka Brunt, Tell the Wolves I'm Home