Every Last Cuckoo Quotes

“Her memories were beads jumbled loose in a box, unstrung.”
― Kate Maloy, Every Last Cuckoo

“I saw in one flash that the most courageous thing a person can do is to love without being afraid.”
― Kate Maloy, Every Last Cuckoo

“I believe she's blown some dust off her heart.”
― Kate Maloy, Every Last Cuckoo

“Sarah, though, was still sometimes ruled by stark pain, lost to everything else. Grief slipped away, only to attack from behind. It changed shape endlessly. It lacerated her, numbed her, stalked her, startled her, caught her by the throat. It deceived her eye with glimpses of Charles, her ear with the sound of his voice. She would turn and turn, expecting him, and find him gone. Again. Each time Sarah escaped her sorrow, forgetful amid other things, she lost him anew the instant she remembered he was gone.”
― Kate Maloy, Every Last Cuckoo

“I promise, you will survive this," she had said. "Not only that, you will be glad to survive. You will love him forever, but you will learn things you could never have learned when you shared your life with him. You will become yourself.”
― Kate Maloy, Every Last Cuckoo