The Lost Saints of Tennessee Quotes

“For a long time, I tried to make my ilfe work, to make our family work. I got tired, though. Five children wears you out until the only thing left inside you, the only thing you've got to give, is a memory of what you thought you'd be.”
― Amy Franklin-Willis, The Lost Saints of Tennessee

“Moses Washington always says people love the beginning parts of life; it’s the middle and end parts that end up being more work than we bargain for.”
― Amy Franklin-Willis, The Lost Saints of Tennessee

“This is the part no one tells you about. The part where your child experiences pain. It used to be my job to make it go away, to kiss the hurt and cover it with a Band-Aid. Now it cannot be made better. Happy beginning, happy middle, happy ending that never comes. I want it for her, but she has only to look at her parents to see that happily-ever-after can end.”
― Amy Franklin-Willis, The Lost Saints of Tennessee

“Now, why is it that a woman who raised five children of her own is all of a sudden a worrier? I wasn’t a worrier. I knew. There are some children who don’t care to pull the books off every shelf or run into the street or pour turpentine down their throats. But then there are children who do, children who would be safer if they were tied down from the ages of one to five, until they developed some sense.”
― Amy Franklin-Willis, The Lost Saints of Tennessee