Thief River Falls Quotes

“It had been raining for hours, one of those endless fall rains that sucked all the color out of the world and turned your life into a black-and-white movie.”
― Brian Freeman, Thief River Falls

“Children had the gift, the second sight, the sixth sense. Sometimes she wondered if most writers were really just children who’d never grown up.”
― Brian Freeman, Thief River Falls

“Lisa hit him and ran."
"She hit him?" Laurel asked sharply. "is Curtis okay?"
Denis dismissed her concerns with a wave of his walking stick. "Oh, please. He's a farmer. Farmers are indestructible. The man could stick his face in a thresher and not even need a bandage. He'll be fine.”
― Brian Freeman, Thief River Falls

“It wasn’t really much of a taxi. The car was a 1990s-era Caprice Classic, painted burgundy, with patches of orange rust on the trunk and a bumper that was attached to the rest of the car with duct tape. A big handwritten sign in the corner of the rear window said, “TAXI.” Next to the sign was an oversize photograph of a Roswell alien taped to the glass, along with bumper stickers about ghosts, cats, marijuana, and guns.”
― Brian Freeman, Thief River Falls

“Everyone who was gone was really still here.”
― Brian Freeman, Thief River Falls

“the face of severe trauma, the brain could conjure entire worlds that didn’t exist as a way of blocking out reality. Hallucinations of people and places. Delusions that the mind refused to give up.”
― Brian Freeman, Thief River Falls

“she was five years old and got her first library card, which to a bookish little girl was like a religious experience.”
― Brian Freeman, Thief River Falls

“The closet door was closed. She always kept it closed. She’d been the one to open the door and find her father hanging from the rod by the loop of his belt.”
― Brian Freeman, Thief River Falls

“confluence”
― Brian Freeman, Thief River Falls

“He missed corded phones, which you could slam into their cradle.”
― Brian Freeman, Thief River Falls

“She wants to tell him that life is about leaving, but that love is about memories.”
― Brian Freeman, Thief River Falls

“Writing is a mirror. If someone doesn’t like what you write, maybe it’s because they don’t like what they see in the reflection.”
― Brian Freeman, Thief River Falls

“It occurred to her that the best thing to do was to go back home and wait for the two deputies to return and hand the boy over to them.”
― Brian Freeman, Thief River Falls

“Sometimes she wondered if most writers were really just children who’d never grown up.”
― Brian Freeman, Thief River Falls

“Oh my God!” She hurried to him and swept him into her arms. Then she knelt on the floor in front of him and took his hands. “Where were you? Where did you go? I was so worried about you!”
― Brian Freeman, Thief River Falls

“know you may think I’m crazy, but I really don’t know who we can trust.”
― Brian Freeman, Thief River Falls

“Hospitals scare him for some reason.”
― Brian Freeman, Thief River Falls

“How about we talk to the police together? You and me. There’s safety in numbers.” “I appreciate that, but I want to have some idea what’s going on and who’s involved before I do that. Until then, I think it’s better that no one know he’s here.”
― Brian Freeman, Thief River Falls

“even in the wake of terrible grief, life would go on.”
― Brian Freeman, Thief River Falls

“In the face of severe trauma, the brain could conjure entire worlds that didn’t exist as a way of blocking out reality. Hallucinations of people and places. Delusions that the mind refused to give up.”
― Brian Freeman, Thief River Falls