Water Quotes

“All these men, all these fucking men. Sacred and hallowed and venerated for two thousand years. And yet it was the women, and only the women, who were there for Him at the end when the men betrayed Him, denied Him, ran from Him, pocketed their thirty pieces of silver for traducing Him. Here is Veronica wiping His face. Here are the women of Jerusalem greeting Him as He carries His burden. Here is Mary, weeping at the base of the cross. Loyal women; unfaithful and treacherous men. The former left to gather up His soiled and bloody clothes; the latter sanctified. Oh, I feel such anger.”
― John Boyne, Water

“There are widows. And widowers. And orphans. But there is no word to define a parent who loses a child. The language is missing a noun. Perhaps because it is so unnatural.”
― John Boyne, Water

“He is breathless for the life he's entering into and I hope that he will not know pain or betrayal or disappointment, but of course he will, because he's alive and that's the price we pay”
― John Boyne, Water

“Life can get in the way of principles. We grow too tired to fight.”
― John Boyne, Water

“Tomorrow, I will wake up and begin again.”
― John Boyne, Water

“What he never understood, however, is that religion begins in the soul, not the ego.”
― John Boyne, Water

“It is imperative to find a woman to blame for a man’s crimes.”
― John Boyne, Water

“You could help yourself if you just grew the fuck up and behaved like an adult, which is what you are. But you choose not to.”
― John Boyne, Water

“How do I like what?'
'Your tea.'
'The way God intended. Milk and three sugars.”
― John Boyne, Water

“He is breathless for the life he’s entering into and I hope that he will not know pain or betrayal or disappointment, but of course he will, because he’s alive and that’s the price we pay.”
― John Boyne, Water

“I shout into the wind, eager to hear my voice, to confirm that I still have one,”
― John Boyne, Water

“She drops the cup in the marram grass that protrudes from the sand and the lid falls off, tea spilling out and darkening the sand like a spreading sin,”
― John Boyne, Water

“He is breathless for the life he’s entering into and I hope that he will not know pain or betrayal or disappointment, but of course he will, because he’s alive and that’s the price we pay. We say nothing for a while, occasionally looking across”
― John Boyne, Water

“life can get in the way of principles. We grow too tired to fight. And”
― John Boyne, Water

“We only have our children with us for a short time.”
― John Boyne, Water