Shattered Dreams Quotes

“Of course, she does not want to hear of a life without her brother, he considered. She had already lost both of her parents. Andrés was the only family she had. For Sofia, life without him would be an agony beyond contemplation.”
― Penny Fields-Schneider, Shattered Dreams

“Did truth have to be borne of tragedy? Jack wondered. Couldn’t nice things be true too? Why did sadness so often surround the lives of artists? Did one really have to experience sorrow to be great? Surely not!”
― Penny Fields-Schneider, Shattered Dreams

“There is inevitably a point when the beliefs to which people attach themselves falter. Sometimes that moment arrives when long-defended absolutes fail to withstand the scrutiny of cold, hard reality; when weaknesses of man or theory, or both, are exposed. Other times, there is a slow erosion of beliefs as contradictions create one crack, human frailty another, and alternative theories emerge, undermining the bedrock of ideology and allowing seeds of doubt to take root. Suddenly, whole philosophies collapse, tumbling like a house built from cards.”
― Penny Fields-Schneider, Shattered Dreams

“Maybe so, but you and I… We’ve already had our share of deaths. Now stop talking about dying! Let’s be thankful that you’re alive after all that we’ve just been through, not fantasising about your death.”
― Penny Fields-Schneider, Shattered Dreams