The Girl from the Train Quotes

“life is like a silver coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you can spend it once.”
― Irma Joubert, The Girl from the Train

“Like every other Christmas Eve, she went to Grandpa John's room, because they were the only ones who knew how long the yearning for another person could last, long after everyone else had forgotten.”
― Irma Joubert, The Girl from the Train

“Just remember, when you suffer and feel the heat of the flames, that’s when God is there. He watches carefully, until He can see His own image in you. He’ll never leave you in the flames too long.”
― Irma Joubert, The Girl From the Train

“Men, she decided, were a strange, thick-skulled, ball-kicking species no one on earth could have a sensible conversation with.”
― Irma Joubert, The Girl from the Train

“life is like a silver coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you can only spend it once.”
― Irma Joubert, The Girl From the Train

“Elza had asked. “Then you think about other things,” Oma had said.”
― Irma Joubert, The Girl From the Train

“what to do, so she knelt behind”
― Irma Joubert, The Girl From the Train

“behind the aircraft.” “Sounds scary!” she said. “It looks worse than it is,” he said. “After”
― Irma Joubert, The Girl From the Train

“Elmo’s fire?” “No, I haven’t.” “It’s when lightning makes blue circles around the propellers, and blue flames form on the wingtips and are dragged”
― Irma Joubert, The Girl From the Train