The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone Quotes

“We thought we'd seen the worst when those girls disappeared, but seeing, and not seeing, is a funny old thing. Even now, I don't know which is crueller in the end.”
― Felicity McLean, The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone

“They dare the rising tide to erase them.”
― Felicity McLean, The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone

“So we kept our mouthes closed, like we squeezed our eyes shut. Our family of four blind mice.”
― Felicity McLean, The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone

“Cordy kept strange private things curled up in her carelessness that were too tight for the rest of us to unravel.”
― Felicity McLean, The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone

“But seeing and not seeing is a funny old thing. Even now I don’t know which is crueler in the end.”
― Felicity McLean, The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone

“So many words, but none of them were enough. None of them brought those girls home.”
― Felicity McLean, The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone