The Harbor Quotes

“She would probably have to lay off drinking wine on weekdays for a little while, however sad that was. It was so tedious to not drink.”
― Katrine Engberg, The Harbor

“She had turned seventy, and with every passing year, as she moved closer to the end of life, the arrival of spring felt like winning the lottery.”
― Katrine Engberg, The Harbor

“Trust is an odd element, one of the hardest building blocks of human relationships to fully understand. It demands honesty, reliability, and openness—that much we know. But fundamentally it’s either there or it’s not.”
― Katrine Engberg, The Harbor

“They could at least try! But that’s not how we humans are. And the older we get, the more we insist on our right to have our quirks and preferences left in peace.”
― Katrine Engberg, The Harbor

“Why do we deal with death so poorly when it’s the one inescapable condition we all have to face? Where do you put your grief once all the rituals associated with death are over and everyone is busy moving on?”
― Katrine Engberg, The Harbor

“How little space we take up when we die, she thought. A stone with a few words and some numbers to cover a whole life story.”
― Katrine Engberg, The Harbor

“If God didn’t want people to drink, she should make life a little less difficult,”
― Katrine Engberg, The Harbor

“As the old proverb put it, you need to have fire in your mouth when you’re dealing with the devil. Or maybe that was just something his father had come up with to justify his daily pack of Lucky Strikes.”
― Katrine Engberg, The Harbour

“And the older we get, the more we insist on our right to have our quirks and preferences left in peace.”
― Katrine Engberg, The Harbour