Within These Walls Quotes

“Every mother has the miraculous ability of momentary blindness.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Within These Walls

“It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Nothing is dead. People feign themselves dead, and endure mock funerals and mournful obituaries, and there they stand, looking out the window, sound and well in some new disguise. —Ralph Waldo Emerson”
― Ania Ahlborn, Within These Walls

“In some ways, writing books is like giving yourself eternal life, isn’t it?”
― Ania Ahlborn, Within These Walls

“Yet another day had faded to a bruised purple.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Within These Walls

“To wonder meant to want, if only in some small way.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Within These Walls

“That kind of loss came with a lot of guilt, and guilt made people defensive.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Within These Walls

“It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Nothing is dead. People feign themselves dead, and endure mock funerals and mournful obituaries, and there they stand, looking out the window, sound and well in some new disguise.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Within These Walls

“Stories about murder and darkness had a definite pull; they were alluring in how forbidden they were.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Within These Walls

“he’d never fully outgrown the sexy, sullen pull of despondent musing. He’d simply disguised it as a career.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Within These Walls

“And yet she remained in his arms, unflinching, because the idea of him telling her what to believe in was better than battling inner demons and figuring it out on her own.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Within These Walls

“Because talking about fear was a lot different than actually facing it. The unknown was exciting until it was time to step into the void.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Within These Walls

“He had traded in the band shirts and Doc Martens for button-downs and casual oxfords long ago, but never fully outgrown the sexy, sullen pull of despondent musing. He'd simply disguised it as a career.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Within These Walls

“Life is hard. Death is easy.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Within These Walls

“She wept, and she told herself it was joy.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Within These Walls

“She’d crossed her fingers for so long they had fused together like the branches of a tree.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Within These Walls

“Marriage did strange things to people. It could have been World War III in that kitchen, but if there was coffee, two mugs would always be served.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Within These Walls

“ask. “I don’t attend church,” she said, “if that’s what you mean.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Within These Walls

“my dad hardly knew I existed. What’s the point of talking about someone like that? You may as well say you never knew them at all.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Within These Walls