The Bitter Side of Sweet Quotes

“We sit like that until the sun bleeds into the night sky and the cracks in the wooden shed door glow pink. When this happens I know we've made it through the worst of it. Pain is like sadness; both are easier to bear in daylight.”
― Tara Sullivan, The Bitter Side of Sweet

“I decide that, for now, I will allow myself to be happy with how far we’ve come and I won’t let myself fear what will happen next.”
― Tara Sullivan, The Bitter Side of Sweet

“The bouncing cricket that was my brother is gone. Now when I look into his eyes, an old man stares back at me.”
― Tara Sullivan, The Bitter Side of Sweet

“You know what happens to people who ask questions. And you know what happens to people who answer them.”
― Tara Sullivan, The Bitter Side of Sweet

“I’ve learned that quiet words are often more frightening than loud ones.”
― Tara Sullivan, The Bitter Side of Sweet

“I sit up, clenching my fists, wishing I had someone that I could beat.”
― Tara Sullivan, The Bitter Side of Sweet

“There is no problem so big, no anger so great that it can fill the sky.”
― Tara Sullivan, The Bitter Side of Sweet

“just grew up in the same country as them, but that doesn’t make me like them.”
― Tara Sullivan, The Bitter Side of Sweet

“I shake my head to get rid of all this useless thinking and set myself to the task of counting things that matter.”
― Tara Sullivan, The Bitter Side of Sweet

“chocolate companies cannot exist without consumer demand. If you’re bothered by the state of the chocolate industry, you, as a consumer, can have an impact. Consider writing, e-mailing, or using social media to contact your favorite chocolate company and ask them to make a commitment to decreasing the poverty of the producers in their supply chain. Or, do some actual (or virtual) reverse trick-or-treating where you tell people about this issue instead of taking mainstream chocolate from them on Halloween. One way or another, decide to be deeply informed about your favorite treat before you enjoy it.”
― Tara Sullivan, The Bitter Side of Sweet

“In the early days here I used to think all the time: How can I run away? What is my family doing right now? Is Moke worried about us? Are they searching? How much longer will we have to work before we pay off our debt and the bosses let us go home? The questions would seethe through me, twisting on themselves in new shapes again and again like an injured snake. I soon learned the price of thinking. It slowed me down, and I didn’t make quota. Now I count instead of thinking and I’m able to get through most of my waking hours in a daze. It’s better this way.”
― Tara Sullivan, The Bitter Side of Sweet

“The shower may take care of the old dirt in my hair and on my skin, but there are some things that being in a nice bathroom just won't wash away.”
― Tara Sullivan, The Bitter Side of Sweet

“Neither of us says anything. Why would we? There is nothing to say.”
― Tara Sullivan, The Bitter Side of Sweet