The House of Stairs Quotes

“It changes, but in some lives change is a long time coming.”
― Barbara Vine, The House of Stairs

“Staying thin wasn’t just a losing battle with Cosette but a series of skirmishes in which about fifty percent of the time her side won.”
― Barbara Vine, The House of Stairs

“They come about through confusing the two kinds of truth telling: the declaration of opinion and principle and the recounting of history.”
― Barbara Vine, The House of Stairs