Onansburg, Iowa Quotes

“Steve’s soothing voice brought Sonny back to attention. “Whatever it is, it’ll wait. By this time of day, most things can wait. You know, you just can’t get up the morning after, after you’ve lost the dearest one to you, and then go on with business as normal.”
― Peggy Lammers, Onansburg, Iowa

“Sonny couldn’t think of what had happened to Larry without feelings of both anger for the abuser and the abused, yet he knew in his heart that blaming Larry was unjust.”
― Peggy Lammers, Onansburg, Iowa

“He wondered how it would be if there were no prescriptions or proscriptions for handling a loved one’s death. What if, rather than prescribed behavior surrounding experiences of liminality, people were forbidden to react with emotion, whether grief or joy? In the case of reacting to the death of a loved one, would people hurt more or hurt less if they were not sanctioned to mourn?”
― Peggy Lammers, Onansburg, Iowa