When the World Goes Quiet Quotes

“It’s too bad we’re not able to be friends with our parents before becoming their children, isn’t it?”
― Gian Sardar, When the World Goes Quiet

“But the need to be right—to insist you are right—has caused more problems in the world than actually being wrong.”
― Gian Sardar, When the World Goes Quiet

“No. What you’ve done wrong is still a wrong, and an opportunity missed is still an opportunity missed, but you understand it was necessary. If life hadn’t happened the way it did, I wouldn’t have had Emiel. You see the shape of the road you took and you’re grateful for every twist and turn, because it led to where you are. Cause and effect or fate, it doesn’t matter what you call it, because you hold your child in your arms and you’ll take whatever led you to that moment. It’s acceptance.”
― Gian Sardar, When the World Goes Quiet

“But I’m telling you, you can’t see the valley when you’re in the middle of climbing the hill.”
― Gian Sardar, When the World Goes Quiet

“I’m happy you’re speaking, but I kindly request a new subject.”
― Gian Sardar, When the World Goes Quiet

“imagine a life without what you love is hard.”
― Gian Sardar, When the World Goes Quiet

“known in the moment—a blessing and a curse.”
― Gian Sardar, When the World Goes Quiet

“Grief, that insidious interloper, lives at the surface,”
― Gian Sardar, When the World Goes Quiet

“There are some who need God to be good, because their morality comes from being watched, August has said. Those people are dangerous the second they stop believing. After all, if no one’s there to punish them for a sin, why not be bad?”
― Gian Sardar, When the World Goes Quiet

“You see the shape of the road you took and you’re grateful for every twist and turn, because it led to where you are. Cause and effect or fate, it doesn’t matter what you call it, because you hold your child in your arms and you’ll take whatever led you to that moment. It’s acceptance.”
― Gian Sardar, When the World Goes Quiet

“Evelien, everything you do is so life places that child in your arms. It doesn’t matter what you’ve done wrong, because you’re gifted the reason for the wrong. It’s all for that.”
― Gian Sardar, When the World Goes Quiet

“A rush. Not just from having something in common with someone, when usually she’s the odd one out, but from the chance that he might even appreciate the way she sees the world. She hides so much, or tries to. Swallowing down words, lodging them beneath what’s proper and acceptable. But with him, there’s a feeling that the filter through which she sees life could actually be good.”
― Gian Sardar, When the World Goes Quiet

“Just look for the way God provides, Emiel used to say. Emiel. Her husband for a night but her oldest friend. The long shadow to her every step. The calm hand on her shoulder and the logic to her wild mind.”
― Gian Sardar, When the World Goes Quiet

“The vizeadmiral nods. “I don’t see how anyone doesn’t like honey. My grandmother had arthritis. Beestings to her knuckles helped. And they use it on the front for burns and other infections, did you know? The boys say the machine-gun bullets sound like bees, like swarms coming at them. Maybe I should look into getting a hive for the garden.”
― Gian Sardar, When the World Goes Quiet

“A bullet kills at the end of the war the same way it does at the start.”
― Gian Sardar, When the World Goes Quiet

“Right and wrong—those ideas not only depend on who tells the story, but on when the story stops. Or when it starts. Wouldn’t you agree? Not everyone gets the full picture. When you’re in the midst of something, it’s hard to see that. Though we’re at the end of this war, we’re still very much in the midst.”
― Gian Sardar, When the World Goes Quiet

“everything you do is so life places that child in your arms.”
― Gian Sardar, When the World Goes Quiet

“But at the core, everything’s the same. A hundred years ago, two hundred years ago. The same lessons learned differently. And no matter when it is, you can guarantee something’s waiting in the wings to make us feel broken, but more importantly, to force us to find a way through.”
― Gian Sardar, When the World Goes Quiet

“Good men don’t always do good things.”
― Gian Sardar, When the World Goes Quiet

“People love to write off what they can’t explain. So I keep it to myself”
― Gian Sardar, When the World Goes Quiet

“But male, female, you’re either an artist who does their art or one who doesn’t. And there might be a price for doing it, but I’ll tell you there’s a greater price for not.”
― Gian Sardar, When the World Goes Quiet

“cruel. It”
― Gian Sardar, When the World Goes Quiet