The Crying Tree Quotes

“Maybe a family is linked in ways we have no way to understand. Some unseen, cellular connection that binds us past and present. If so, perhaps when my brother died, those cells we shared died as well. And for us, that would have been the heart. Those fine, fragile walls that let us embrace life with fearlessness and faith. We suffer because our heart is dying, one small cell at a time.”
― Naseem Rakha, The Crying Tree

“It had been so beautiful. Life had been so simple and so terribly beautiful.”
― Naseem Rakha, The Crying Tree

“Love is the prerogative of the brave (Mohandas Gandhi)”
― Naseem Rakha, The Crying Tree

“Why else did he keep all this a”
― Naseem Rakha, The Crying Tree

“hugged her dad, pressing her face into his belly and suddenly feeling like she was going to bawl. Everything was all mixed up in her mind. She still didn’t believe her brother was dead. Not completely. Her heart said yes, he was gone and everything was changed and ruined and life was never, ever going to be the same. But in her mind … in her mind it just didn’t fit, and she kept waiting to wake up and find herself back in her room surrounded by her things and living her life the way she always had. No big problems. No real pain.”
― Naseem Rakha, The Crying Tree

“Carol leaned back, her lips silently counting to ten. It was a trick their mother had taught her daughters. Take time before responding, set a pace … think … breathe …”
― Naseem Rakha, The Crying Tree