The Buried Book Quotes

“the way out the door. It was Tuesday, August 12, 1952. His mother should have been heading to work down at the dairy that morning. She put on a strained smile for him as he stumbled out the back door of their apartment building and into their ’47 Chevy. Be happy, he told himself, trying to shake the feeling that something was wrong. The tires squealed”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“all the matches from you . . . So, what were you doin’ out there anyway?” Jasper frowned. His uncle thought he might’ve tried to kill himself. A gruff voice laughed knowingly in his ear. He jerked away from it, but nothing was there but the pillow. “You okay?” Wayne looked at him sideways like he really was crazy.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“Be careful when you listen to others speak. Life is a story of many voices and the truth lies between them.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“A wise man once said, ‘Every child has many mothers, and every mother has many children.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“Books are the most precious things we have in this world. Anything you might want to know, you can find in a book.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“his shoulder. “You need to get up, baby. Get dressed.” “What?” Jasper Leary opened his eyes. It was still dark outside his window. “What’s wrong?” “We’re goin’ up”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“Hmm,” he mumbled. “Jasper, wake up.” His mother shook his shoulder. “You need to get up, baby. Get dressed.” “What?” Jasper Leary opened his eyes. It was still dark outside his window. “What’s wrong?” “We’re goin’ up to the farm. Won’t that be fun, baby?” She flipped on the bedside lamp, blinding him”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“Jasper, wake up.” His mother shook his shoulder. “You need to get up, baby. Get dressed.” “What?” Jasper Leary opened his eyes. It was still dark outside his window. “What’s wrong?” “We’re goin’ up to the farm. Won’t that be fun, baby?” She flipped on the bedside lamp, blinding him for a moment. Jasper sat up and blinked at the windup clock on the bedside table. It wasn’t even 6: 00 a.m. “C’mon, sweetie,” she called from the hallway. “Let’s go! The day won’t wait.” He was only nine years”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“They’ve ruined our young people with these terrible drugs. And it’s not just the Negroes that get addicted anymore.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“Jasper drew in a shaking breath and pulled the wagon onward, leaving Baby Jesus in the dirt.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“Blue-eyed Baby Jesus smiled up at him from the dirt like it was all a big joke.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“There was no greater insult on a farm than uneaten food.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“Everybody’s a sinner, Jasper, she’d say. But as long as you have a Bible in the house, nobody seems to mind.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“He gazed up at the spot where her window had looked out over the fields. Smoke had billowed out through the hole in the roof. He could smell it. Echoes of gunshots still hung in the trees. He reached up and touched the scar on his head. He hadn’t fallen through the floorboards like they said.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“Be careful when you listen to others speak. Life is a story of many voices and the truth lies between them.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“Wouldn’t that be nice? To not exist? To just up and vanish in the night? To fly away? My next life I want to be a bird. That’s assuming you get more than one, of course. Dear God, I sure hope I do.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“Life is a story of many voices and the truth lies between them.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“Jasper.” “Hmm,” he mumbled. “Jasper, wake up.” His mother shook his shoulder. “You need to get up, baby. Get dressed.” “What?” Jasper Leary opened his eyes. It was still dark outside his window. “What’s wrong?”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“the next full moon.” I agreed. He looked at me a long time with those black eyes before”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“It’s good to study your history, Jasper. If you don’t understand the mistakes of the past, you’re bound to repeat them. Remember that.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“She didn’t call after him.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“She sighed and pulled the little metal flask out from the bottom of her purse.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“Dear Lord, I pray for the strength to forgive the past. I pray for the wisdom to guide us through this storm. Amen.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“Be careful when you listen to others speak. Life is a story of many voices and the truth lies between them.” Jasper”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“head”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book