Child of My Heart Quotes

“Like exiles, their delight was not in where they now found themselves but in whatever they could remember about the place, and the time, they had abandoned.”
― Alice McDermott, Child of My Heart

“Being happy,” Uncle Tommy liked to say, “takes a great deal of work.” He said he had no time for anything else.”
― Alice McDermott, Child of My Heart

“Scribble out the world since it was not to your liking and make up a new one, something better.”
― Alice McDermott, Child of My Heart