The Road to Tender Hearts Quotes

“They don't want their aging brains tricking them into thinking they're back in the trenches again and the only way to do that is to tell the story. To retell and retell the story. You tell the story in order to control the story.”
― Annie Hartnett, The Road to Tender Hearts

“As for Michelle, well, she chose Gene. He was the safer choice, I understood. He'd gotten a medical deferment, so he didn't have to go to Vietnam. Bone spurs, my ass. Have you ever heard of bone spurs?" The kids had not.”
― Annie Hartnett, The Road to Tender Hearts