All Things Consoled Quotes

“They were like an iceberg, it occurred to me, my father the seven-eighths that was under the water and my mother the luminous portion riding the waves. But no, they were two icebergs: solitary phenomena, impressive, independent, known only to themselves. I felt their hidden seven-eighths inside me as a dark bulkiness whose outlines I was always trying to map.”
― Elizabeth Hay, All Things Consoled: A Daughter's Memoir

“Someone sets the tone in a house.”
― Elizabeth Hay, All Things Consoled: A daughter's memoir

“They were like an iceberg, it occurred to me, my father the seven-sights that was under the water and my mother the luminous portion riding the waves. But no, they were two icebergs: solitary phenomena, impressive, independent, known only to themselves. I felt their hidden seven-eighths inside me as a dark bulkiness whose outlines I was always trying to map.”
― Elizabeth Hay, All Things Consoled: A Daughter's Memoir