When She Was Ours Quotes

“But also, I couldn’t bear it any longer,” Astra said, in a voice so soft it was as if she were only speaking to herself. “And you can say, of course, that makes sense, that’s human. It is. But what if she really wanted those weeks? I didn’t give her the choice, and that was because of my love for her, but also, a tiny piece of it was I just couldn’t do it anymore. I couldn’t watch her be so sick.” Her voice faltered. “Part of me wanted the person I love most in the world to die.”
― Anna Nordberg, When She Was Ours

“She’s always the person I want to call, to tell things to, that muscle memory is always there. I wish I could tell her about today. I miss her. I miss her like a limb, always. She’s part of me and you can’t just turn that off.”
― Anna Nordberg, When She Was Ours

“Maybe it was easier for men to be passive because either way”
― Anna Nordberg, When She Was Ours

“Brave enough or crazy enough”
― Anna Nordberg, When She Was Ours

“How he had managed to get this woman to fall in love with him he never fully understood. And now he was paying the price of too much happiness.”
― Anna Nordberg, When She Was Ours

“when they’d gathered around her mother’s bed at the end, or after the memorial service. She was crying for her sister, crying for herself, but also crying for her mother, for how unfair it was, that she couldn’t be here in Phoebe’s hour of need.”
― Anna Nordberg, When She Was Ours

“the presence of my mother obsessed me. I could hear her voice”
― Anna Nordberg, When She Was Ours

“Just remember your kindness is a strength, even if people underestimate it.”
― Anna Nordberg, When She Was Ours