Burning Down the House Quotes

“She flows with resistless force. And she carries beauty with her.”
― Jane Mendelsohn, Burning Down the House: A novel

“You have to keep going, he told her without saying it. He told her by showing her, by continuing to try. He let her know she would always have him, that he would always be there for her to talk to. You’ll see, his actions said, I am here for you.”
― Jane Mendelsohn, Burning Down the House: A novel

“Were all stars to disappear or die, I should learn to look at an empty sky And feel its total dark sublime, Though this might take me a little time. —W. H. AUDEN, “The More Loving One”
― Jane Mendelsohn, Burning Down the House: A novel