Maine Characters Quotes

“When they hug, she inhales Celeste’s perfume and feels the faint thump of her mother’s heartbeat pulsing against her own. She doesn’t have her dad, or Oscar, or a job, or a place of her own in Portland (yet). But she has this. Right here. Finally.”
― Hannah Orenstein, Maine Characters

“They’ve never had the easy magic that exists between other mothers and daughters, but they only have each other now. That has to be enough.”
― Hannah Orenstein, Maine Characters

“Here lies a dead female, thirty years old, in otherwise reasonable health. Cause of death may include mortification (Caleb) and shame (Lucy), not to mention stress and shock (Oscar). He is here, and God forbid they ever get a minute of alone time. Vivian needs to talk to Lucy and Oscar, but not at the same time and not in front of Caleb. If her lives had to converge like this, she’d prefer it happen in a place with walls. Nobody’s that interested in”
― Hannah Orenstein, Maine Characters

“I’m committed to making a real difference in students’ lives,” she writes. Lucy stares out at the lake, turning the sentence over in her mind as she watches a sailboat drift past their house. She deletes the line, tries again. “I make an impact on my students’ lives that extends beyond the classroom.” She”
― Hannah Orenstein, Maine Characters

“She’s about to give Vivian first dibs, thinking of how pitiful she looked climbing out of the lake empty-handed. But then a flare of fury shoots through her. Vivian let something precious slip away with a careless mistake. Furthermore, she made Lucy feel like the most backward, insignificant speck. So, Lucy takes her time in the sole shower, lathering her hair and thawing her chilled body until the modestly sized, ancient boiler runs out of hot water. When she’s done, she wraps one towel around her body and the remaining one over her hair. “All yours,” she says sweetly, ascending the stairs.”
― Hannah Orenstein, Maine Characters

“Losing someone, she’s heard, isn’t something you ever get over. Instead, you learn to live with it. The pain becomes a sidekick you can’t shake.”
― Hannah Orenstein, Maine Characters