Time Kneels Between Mountains Quotes

“I looked out over the ruined rooftops we could see. The pockmarked mortar. The plastic sheets fluttering in the breeze from blown out windows.

“One day, our city will be back to normal. Our lives will be what they once were. Hold on to hope and don’t give up,” Mama said.

She was talking about fairy tales.”
― Amra Pajalic, Time Kneels Between Mountains

“Mama had changed so much. When I’d hurt myself on barbed wire last year, she’d nearly fainted, yet now she talked of holding a boy’s intestines as if she were talking about baking a pita.”
― Amra Pajalic, Time Kneels Between Mountains

“As I drank, I saw Srebrenica spread out before me from halfway up the hill, coated with a thick winter fog. Snow dusted the hills surrounding us, hugging the town in its icy embrace. Conifer trees dotted the hills, their branches looking muted from the snow covering them. Snow covered all the roofs in the valley, giving everything a white and still appearance. We felt frozen in time, abandoned and forsaken, which was a true reflection of our internal state.

“The government should create a new tourism campaign. Srebrenica, the place where time kneels between mountains.” Ramo waved his hands out to the terrain before us.

After we got our breath back from laughing, I passed the bottle to him. My cheeks flushed as he placed his lips over the spout where my lips had been. He finished drinking and handed me the bottle. Our fingers touched, sparks flying.”
― Amra Pajalic, Time Kneels Between Mountains

“I’d always thought that the war would finish soon and I would return to school... Now, I realised I would never be able to wash away the stains the war left behind.”
― Amra Pajalic, Time Kneels Between Mountains

“I wanted to scream at the stupid girl I used to be.”
― Amra Pajalic, Time Kneels Between Mountains

“My only escape was the pages of a book.”
― Amra Pajalic, Time Kneels Between Mountains