House of Orphans Quotes

“You're trapped both ways. You do as you are told and you do things that you think will make you big, but all the time you're shrinking.”
― Helen Dunmore, House of Orphans

“They had something, that generation, he thought. They didn't doubt themselves. They knew what life was, and where they belonged in it. Not like us.”
― Helen Dunmore, House of Orphans