And I Heard the Mourner Say Quotes

“Though it is true that my memory feels the weight of decay, and the cuts on my lip and the scars on my back bear the weight of sickness, I am not like you. You are here, trapped in the prison of your own body until death relieves the weight of your flesh of its prisoning duty. For me, freedom lies just beyond the floodwaters.”
― M.D. Eaton, And I Heard the Mourner Say

“I knew it was true—that all that is gold does not glitter.”
― M.D. Eaton, And I Heard the Mourner Say

“well,' I answered, 'there really are some bridges that can be fixed with some hot food.”
― M.D. Eaton, And I Heard the Mourner Say

“I love you too," she whispered. The miserable sheen of quietness and the guilt that stood prolific within it had been fractured. Whatever silence had strewn the distance between us was broken, like the dusting of cobwebs off the mantlepiece of our marriage. In my grief, and in my relief, I held tight to the hope of a future glistering gold.”
― M.D. Eaton, And I Heard the Mourner Say

“The question slipped out of my mouth and shlopped onto the floor like a dead fish where the four of us stared blankly at it.”
― M.D. Eaton, And I Heard the Mourner Say