Accordion Crimes Quotes

“The world is a staircase," hissed the accordion maker in the darkness. "Some go up and some come down. We must ascend.”
― Annie Proulx, Accordion Crimes

“When the watermelons were as large as a child's head, the women boiled them, but they collapsed into a tasteless green mush that no one could eat, not the children, not the cow.”
― Annie Proulx, Accordion Crimes

“It was as if his eye were an ear and a crackle went through it each time he shot a look at the accordion. ...
The notes fell, biting and sharp; it seemed the tooth that bit was hollowed with pain. ”
― Annie Proulx, Accordion Crimes

“There is something missing from that old proverb, you all know it, money is the root of all evil. I say LACK of money is the root of all evil.”
― Annie Proulx, Accordion Crimes

“From a distance the voice of the instrument sounded hoarse and crying, reminding listeners of the brutalities of love, of various hungers.”
― Annie Proulx, Accordion Crimes

“The world is a staircase,” hissed the accordion maker in the darkness. “Some go up and some come down. We must ascend.” She refused to agree, put her hands over her ears and moaned when he announced a departure date, later pointed up her chin and rolled her eyes like a poisoned horse when he brought home the trunk with metal corners.”
― Annie Proulx, Accordion Crimes