The Marriage Tree Quotes

“The bodhi tree has been converted into a marriage tree. The belief is that young women who die before marriage should have a husband in the next world. Their relatives bring a wedding dress and monks to this tree and perform a wedding ceremony. The spirit of the dead woman is married to a famous singer, poet or magician who died many years ago. Their families believe that he’ll be a good husband will look after each wife as if she were the only one.”
― Christopher G. Moore, The Marriage Tree: Vincent Calvino Crime Novel

“To stay married, you need a fair amount of ignorance. Selective forgetting is what makes close proximity possible. It’s what we forget about someone that lets us find some peace, some happiness.”
― Christopher G. Moore, The Marriage Tree: Vincent Calvino Crime Novel

“The spirits of the young women are at rest,” said Marley, “if you believe the legend.” “I am believing that spirits never rest. That is their misfortune. They have no choice but to roam endlessly and never to arrive. It is our belief.”
― Christopher G. Moore, The Marriage Tree: Vincent Calvino Crime Novel