The Price of Innocence Quotes

“I think many of your countrymen are. Your culture puts too much pressure on people to succeed. Growing up, you all believe you will become astronauts or movie stars or millionaires. Ninety-nine percent of your citizens over the age of forty are brokenhearted because, deep down, they feel their life is a failure. The only thing that keeps them sane is that almost everyone they know is also a failure. So they get married and take out loans to buy a house and a nice car. Then they have children and spend the rest of their lives pretending that it will be their children who live the American dream. Then, if they live long enough to see their children fail, their hope turns to their grandchildren. That’s why they call it the American dream instead of the American reality.”
― Bryan Devore, The Price of Innocence

“Polish-to-English translation. As he read the translated article,”
― Bryan Devore, The Price of Innocence

“Ian tried not to imagine what had happened to young Miska during the past three months if she really had been forced into the sex slavery”
― Bryan Devore, The Price of Innocence

“Even though he couldn’t read any of the articles he found, he copied and pasted those with numerous key words into an online translator program so he could read a rough translation. It was an article from”
― Bryan Devore, The Price of Innocence

“All that live must die, passing through nature to eternity.”
― Bryan Devore, The Price of Innocence

“Enjoy your time in Germany, Herr Lawrence. Auf Wiedersehen.”  “Off-feet-a-sing,” he replied.”
― Bryan Devore, The Price of Innocence