Seven Days of Friday Quotes

“Animals know. They know how a soul is stitched together. They know what it's made of before anyone else gets a clue.”
― Alex A. King, Seven Days of Friday

“When a marriage dies, there’s no corpse to grieve over, no place to put flowers.”
― Alex A. King, Seven Days of Friday

“I’m polite,” the shrink says, “because it costs nothing and it feels good. I could take your comment as an insult or a cruel observation, but why? The things you say are a reflection of you, not of me or how I dress.”
― Alex A. King, Seven Days of Friday

“You can't be weak if you want to grow olives. You must commit to them, the way you do a marriage.”
― Alex A. King, Seven Days of Friday

“Someone kills herself on your land, your mother goes to jail, you go to jail, you take a beating from your cousin, and what do you do? You tell me life is good.” “You forgot the part where my ex-husband is gay and my daughter tried to kill herself.”
― Alex A. King, Seven Days of Friday

“Lots of women who have children work. Being a mother isn’t a disability. You're an educated man, you know I'm right.”
― Alex A. King, Seven Days of Friday

“He’s seen it before, on other girls around her age. Sometimes on boys, but mostly it’s the girls. Cutting. Self-harm. A physical release to anesthetize mental pain.”
― Alex A. King, Seven Days of Friday

“If you go to Greece you will regret it. There is nothing for you there except unhappiness.” So, just like here, then?”
― Alex A. King, Seven Days of Friday

“So Eleni Pappas (a.k.a. Vivi’s mother and part-time sadist) bought her daughter underwear with her name stamped on the front. Seven days of Friday.”
― Alex A. King, Seven Days of Friday

“Chapter 115 Elias– The Final Word   A man will do anything for a wife he adores. Remember that and do not judge him. Do not judge him when you see Vivi, see Nitsa, and notice the way both women stand, the way both women walk. Do not judge him when you see a picture of his own grandmother and see Nitsa all over her face. Peace is expensive, eh? Peace is expensive, but it is good. Remember that.   The End”
― Alex A. King, Seven Days of Friday