The Chimney Sweeper's Boy Quotes

“Our children, when young, are part of ourselves. When they grow up they are just other people.”
― Barbara Vine, The Chimney Sweeper's Boy

“Her whole life would have been different. Her whole life had hung on whether or not a man walked down a garden path and slipped on ice. If he hadn’t slipped, she would have married someone else, lived in different places, had different children, perhaps even been happy. It was a dreadful thought.”
― Barbara Vine, The Chimney Sweeper's Boy

“Insensitive people are powerful and the thoroughly thick-skinned are the most powerful. They make the best tyrants.”
― Barbara Vine, The Chimney Sweeper's Boy