The Girl in the Painting Quotes

“A son’s a son ʼtil he takes a wife, but a daughter’s a daughter for the rest of your life.”
― Tea Cooper, The Girl in the Painting

“I’ve never felt so confused before. So untethered, as though I’ve been cast loose in a swirling mist.”
― Tea Cooper, The Girl in the Painting

“Lack of speech is a fairly normal reaction to a stressful event in a child that young.”
― Tea Cooper, The Girl in the Painting

“After a few minutes, he stood up. “I have to agree with you; I can find nothing wrong. Have you had any headaches, disturbed vision, or other peculiar sensations?” he asked, tapping into her thoughts with uncanny accuracy.”
― Tea Cooper, The Girl in the Painting

“Numbers had a practicality, a definitive no-nonsense, no-alternatives, no-misinterpretations black-and-white reality. She always found a certain security and comfort in the neatly lined-up columns and rows of the accounts ledgers.”
― Tea Cooper, The Girl in the Painting