House Broken Quotes

“[Her father] never minded when there was nothing to shoot, and she never minded when there was. The harsh crack of the rifle and the limp rabbits and doves were the practical cost of the joy of those mornings.”
― Sonja Yoerg, House Broken

“Maybe that's what marriage does, Helen thought. One day you're holding your breath lest a ghost fly up your nose and the next your coming home as married as your own mother.”
― Sonja Yoerg, House Broken

“The past wasn't a guest you could ask to leave when you tired of its company. No, the past put up its feet and meant to stay.”
― Sonja Yoerg, House Broken

“How she envied Diesel. He could love someone without knowing them.”
― Sonja Yoerg, House Broken

“Death was a cold and endless place. At least life served vodka.”
― Sonja Yoerg, House Broken

“In a corner of her heart she imagined her compassion as kindling that could ignite not only her tender and guarded feelings for her mother, but also jump across the void and ignite her mother’s feelings for her.”
― Sonja Yoerg, House Broken

“Trying to understand her teenage daughter’s behavior was like trying to listen to a recording of a symphony whose volume vacillated unpredictably from barely audible to deafening. She couldn’t hear the music, and all she wanted to do was leave the room.”
― Sonja Yoerg, House Broken

“No one tells you how hard it is to be this cool.”
― Sonja Yoerg, House Broken