The Book of James Quotes

“We shared an intense, quiet sadness. A difficult past that was understood without words. I never asked him about his childhood because I didn’t want him asking about mine. Terrible plus terrible equals horrific. And our marriage couldn’t handle horrific. It could barely tolerate tempered silence.”
― Ellen J. Green, The Book of James

“I should have felt overwhelmed by emotion. I should have felt something. But despite my tears, I was numb. As if that black hole that would envelop my husband’s body forever was really inside me. I was the black hole. Hollow, echoing, empty.”
― Ellen J. Green, The Book of James

“She recited part of the baptismal rite while he washed, cleansing the sin from his body with God’s words. He was born again, this time as her only child.”
― Ellen J. Green, The Book of James

“Walking into a party full of strangers was about as much fun as being strip-searched by a group of biker chicks.”
― Ellen J. Green, The Book of James

“I saw her more like one of the fat pillars in the entryway. Solid, unyielding. And always there.”
― Ellen J. Green, The Book of James

“A bit of peace washed over me. I wasn’t really so naïve or stupid. If you can’t blindly trust your spouse, the person you vow to spend the rest of your life with, then what is there?”
― Ellen J. Green, The Book of James

“again.”
― Ellen J. Green, The Book of James

“Oh please. ‘If I had only known . . .”
― Ellen J. Green, The Book of James

“Washington”
― Ellen J. Green, The Book of James

“rose. People were leaving, but I didn’t watch them go. I sat there in my black dress and thin coat, with my runny nose, until a cold hand took my”
― Ellen J. Green, The Book of James