Homestead Quotes

“I dare you to tell me you can do better,” he says. “Try as I might,” she says, “can’t fault your hanging.” He gasps and clutches his heart. She laughs, and then stifles, as if caught, and this is the crack of the first tree falling.”
― Melinda Moustakis, Homestead

“This felling and cutting, the work, is for her, for them. But how could she know if you don’t tell her? is what his father would say. Start at the beginning,”
― Melinda Moustakis, Homestead