Somebody Else's Kids Quotes

“She had a keen sense of revenge, that knew no limits. When crossed she retaliated with devastating force. Her intelligence made it all the more frightening, because she could quickly perceive what was most valuable to a person and that is what she abused.”
― Torey L. Hayden, Les enfants des autres

“I missed not having said goodbye to them. We waited.”
― Torey L. Hayden, Somebody Else’s Kids: Somebody Else’s Kids: They were problem children no one wanted … until one teacher took them to her heart

“He said I couldn’t get pregnant. And we only did it once.” She lifted her head and looked beyond me. I could see the odd, indescribable color of her eyes; the bitterness was plain too. “A lot of truth that was.” She looked down again and traced around a red blotch on her arm. “I didn’t even like it. It”
― Torey L. Hayden, Somebody Else's Kids: The True Story of Four Problem Children and One Extraordinary Teacher