The Wilderwomen Quotes

“...I like the idea that two people can have all the odds stacked against them, but they figure out a way to make it work, because their love for each other is more important than all the other bullshit.”
― Ruth Emmie Lang, The Wilderwomen

“She needed something to focus on that had no expectations of her, that didn’t try to force her to be happy but allowed her to find peace in whatever she was feeling.”
― Ruth Emmie Lang, The Wilderwomen

“...Zadie had spent most of her life biting off the heads of her fears before they had a chance to speak. She thought of it as self-sufficiency when it was really silent suffering. She had cried in front of Joel many times,but once her tears were dry, she would pretend as if nothing had happened. She was like a stray cat who cries at the back door for food, then once it has had its fill, slinks off as if it never asked for it in the first place.”
― Ruth Emmie Lang, The Wilderwomen

“...I like the udea that two people can have all the odds stacked against them, but they figure out a way to make it work, because their love for each other is more important than all the other bullshit.”
― Ruth Emmie Lang, The Wilderwomen

“She sings to it, the bird
A sing about itself
And she thinks:
How easy it would be
To open the door to its cage
And let it fly free
But the bird doesn't even look at the door
Her youngest extends a finger
Barely glances off the crown of its head before it takes Flight
I scared him, her daughter says
No, honey, she answers
It was just time for him to go”
― Ruth Emmie Lang, The Wilderwomen