Mass for the Death of an Enemy Quotes

“Comfort was that elusive composite of fantasy and hope.”
― Renato E. Madrid, Mass for the Death of an Enemy: A Novel

“People only tend to lie about their good fortunes, but readily go into the minutest details about the worst things that could happen.”
― Renato E. Madrid, Mass for the Death of an Enemy: A Novel

“But at least he had grasped one small aspect of poetry then: that it was something extremely personal, almost a gift one wrapped up for oneself alone; that it was foolish to expect everyone to respond to poetry in the same way, or even to respond at all. Not a gift, it was a beautiful burden. It was a melancholy art, and what it served for best was to provide life with a certain aptitude for sadness.”
― Renato E. Madrid, Mass for the Death of an Enemy: A Novel

“It was, after all, possible to live with questions for a long time—and even provide the kind of answers one needed to hear.”
― Renato E. Madrid, Mass for the Death of an Enemy: A Novel