A Long Time Gone Quotes

“. . .I've been the sheriff here for about five years now, and I'm surprised we haven't met."

"She's been gone awhile--out to California," Trip explained.

The Sheriff nodded, replacing his hat,"Sorry to hear that.”
― Karen White, A Long Time Gone

“let the story go, and still clutched F. Scott Fitzgerald’s This Side of Paradise in my arms as if to let it go would”
― Karen White, A Long Time Gone

“Home means so many different things. It’s more than the sounds and the smells, even though they’re important, because it’s what we remember most from when we’re children.” I thought hard for a moment, still unused to the clarity of my thoughts. “It’s where your people are.”
― Karen White, A Long Time Gone

“old hurts are like broken bones that never heal, the pain reappearing when you least expect it, and aching in your dreams.”
― Karen White, A Long Time Gone

“I don’t care how old you get: Losing your mama is the worst kind of thing. It’s like burying your childhood.”
― Karen White, A Long Time Gone

“We are born to fight the bends and curves of our own rivers, pushing back that which will not give, understanding where we are meant to be only when we let go and let the river take us back tot he place where we began.”
― Karen White, A Long Time Gone