This Is Not a Love Story Quotes

“Nechy was nine years old when her eleven-year-old cousin Z’vulin suddenly stopped playing with her. This happened after Z’vulin’s rebbe told him that it was a terrible sin to play with a girl, even if she was your cousin. And if they played, the rebbe warned, especially when nobody saw, God would make a baby come. The only girls a boy could play with after the age of three were his own sisters. Nechy”
― Judy Brown, This Is Not a Love Story: A Memoir

“The mind is never safe—it can’t ever settle down. It’s not that they see too little; it’s that they see too much. Their windows are open wide, much more than the average person—there is nothing to stop the heat and cold and rain from flooding inside. Touch, light, and sound rush in through their ears, eyes, and skin,”
― Judy Brown, This Is Not a Love Story: A Memoir