When the Cypress Whispers Quotes

“She sat like that for a long time, never taking her eyes off her grandmother, conjuring up cherished memories of their time together, each remembrance more precious than the last. Time seemed to evaporate in the haze of candlelight, reminiscences, and tears. She didn’t know how long she had been sitting there, but she had just gotten out of her chair and reached for another tissue when she thought she heard a noise.”
― Yvette Manessis Corporon, When the Cypress Whispers

“I know your miracles are many, she prayed. Thank you for always finding a way to help and protect our family. Please, Agios Spyridon, she pleaded, please walk beside me and guide me. Hold my hand and help me make the right decisions on my life. Please help me find strength, the same strength you gave Yia-yia. Please guide me as you have guided her, and help me lead Evie toward a happy and fulfilled life.”
― Yvette Manessis Corporon, When the Cypress Whispers

“better . . .” “Daphne mou,” Yia-yia replied, “this is my life. No matter who is with me, who has been taken away from me or gone away in search of a better life, this is my life, the only one I have. This is the life that was written for me in countless coffee cups, decided for me in the heavens before I was born and then whispered about on the breeze as my mother gave birth to me, her screams mixing with the cypress whispers as I emerged from her womb. A person cannot change what has been whispered about, Daphne. A person cannot change her fate. And this is mine—just as you have yours.”
― Yvette Manessis Corporon, When the Cypress Whispers

“love you like no other . . . I have no gifts to shower upon you No gold or jewels or riches But still, I give you all I have And that, my sweet child, is all my love I promise you this, You will always have my love Yia”
― Yvette Manessis Corporon, When the Cypress Whispers