The Kingdom of Childhood Quotes

“What is it about her? he wondered hopelessly. What did she offer him that he couldn't find elsewhere? Why did he persist in seeking her out, thinking about her, wanting her, when she was exactly wrong for him in nearly every way?”
― Rebecca Coleman, The Kingdom of Childhood

“She looked into Kirsten's eyes and wondered how it is that a soldier fights and a savior suffers, but a woman, in lying down, rules everything.”
― Rebecca Coleman, The Kingdom of Childhood

“I have learned that all anyone ever wants is to feel at peace with the sadness and love they have cobbled together into a life, with opportunities missed and those misguidedly taken...”
― Rebecca Coleman, The Kingdom of Childhood

“The horror came as I realized that, for what he had done, the child in me was right to blame him entirely, and the adult in me blamed him not at all.”
― Rebecca Coleman, The Kingdom of Childhood

“I felt confident to handle an angry midwife, especially in the kitchen, but less sure of how to manage Russ. Most likely he would turn up the Ken Burns Jazz Collection and think harder about fish.”
― Rebecca Coleman, The Kingdom of Childhood

“And this...was the natural order: love everywhere, and also, a terrible mess.”
― Rebecca Coleman, The Kingdom of Childhood

“I felt anxiety taxiing inside me like a plan down a runway, filling my mind with the shrilling thought of the loss, the loss, the loss.”
― Rebecca Coleman, The Kingdom of Childhood