The Ninth Wife Quotes

“Do I think a marriage with him would last? I have my doubts. There, I said it. But marraige is always a risk. And so what if it doesn't work? Would that make you absolutely unhappy for the rest of your life? I would hope not.”
― Amy Stolls, The Ninth Wife

“But then over the years I spent time with her because of her, because in junior high school she drowned the dolls in chocolate pudding and called it 'Little People in Deep Shit: a Retrospective.”
― Amy Stolls, The Ninth Wife

“Why didn't your grandfather leave me? God knows I wasn't esy to live with. You';ll have to ask him. I imagine it's for the same reason. Stay and survive. Find joy.”
― Amy Stolls, The Ninth Wife

“The first time she wore her gi she also mistakenly wore her lucky Valentine's Day panties that showed through where she sweated like a boiled lobster in gauze. And last week in the turtle tot class where she loves to volunteer she bopped one of the cutest tots on the noggin with a foam noodle to get his guards up and he responded by throwing up on her feet. So there were setbacks.”
― Amy Stolls, The Ninth Wife

“I think the answers we seek - about ourselves and how we wish to live - are not preexisting. They don't lay dormant waiting to be found. They are little children who grow up and move away from the questions that brought them into the world, seeking out new questions to fall in love with.”
― Amy Stolls, The Ninth Wife

“But marriage is always a risk. And so what if it doesn't work out? Would that make you absolutely unhappy for the rest of your life? I would hope not.”
― Amy Stolls, The Ninth Wife