The Unquiet Mind Quotes

“I wonder if we protect ourselves from our fears by choosing to love people we cannot get near so they cannot hurt us.”
― Sara Alexi, The Unquiet Mind

“Sister Katerina’s calm is in her eyes, in the way she sits, the way she talks. ‘I think people are people the world over. They will treat you as you allow them to treat you.’ She takes a sip of water. A brightly coloured butterfly settles on the windowsill. ‘Most people describe their own lives in the way they treat others. Those who feel the world is harming them harm others in word or deed, and those who feel the world is a gift, who are grateful, treat others as if they are part of the gift.’ The words are soft as silk, spun from a compassionate heart.”
― Sara Alexi, The Unquiet Mind

“Ah but it was so romantic lying in our bed looking up at the stars, just you and me.’ He nudges her shoulder as he passes. ‘You forget all that?’ She giggles and stops sewing, eyeing her husband from head to toe, seeing not the bent and aged man he has become but the Adonis she remembers.”
― Sara Alexi, The Unquiet Mind