The Garment Maker's Daughter Quotes

“reading was a gift, that books were to be treasured,”
― Hillary Adrienne Stern, The Garment Maker's Daughter

“word got out about her cooking and baking, we wouldn’t have to worry about having enough business.”
― Hillary Adrienne Stern, The Garment Maker's Daughter

“Daniel realized how he must often have looked to others‌—‌there, but not there‌—‌his mind, his self transported to a place and time created entirely by words on a page.”
― Hillary Adrienne Stern, The Garment Maker's Daughter

“walked”
― Hillary Adrienne Stern, The Garment Maker's Daughter

“I remember when I first started learning about democratic elections. I couldn’t believe it was really possible for people to choose those who governed them. Even now, with everything I know about how politics and elections really work, I still think it’s the best system in the world. And I think I could be good at it.”
― Hillary Adrienne Stern, The Garment Maker's Daughter

“The war had made him see that not everything was quite as black and white as he’d once thought. Most people were neither all good nor all bad. The guy kneeling beside you in the trenches could be a prejudiced bastard one minute and, in the next, he might risk his neck for your skin. A peaceful looking town could turn out to be a booby-trapped nest of bombs. Even your mortal enemy was probably just a young guy far from home who missed his wife and kids.”
― Hillary Adrienne Stern, The Garment Maker's Daughter

“If she were able to be more honest about the housework and her abilities, then maybe he would feel like he could be honest too. As it was, the little fictions added up. And if they couldn’t talk about the little fictions, he couldn’t imagine how they could ever begin to talk about the big ones”
― Hillary Adrienne Stern, The Garment Maker's Daughter