The Old Place Quotes

“Sometimes the greatest friends in life emerge out of thin air the moment you need them. They may not be the longest-lasting, like a childhood friend who knows you from diapers to retirement, or even the ones you see most, like roommates or coworkers, but they fill a hole in your life that you never knew was human-shaped until they walked right in, uninvited, and fit there, perfectly.”
― Bobby Finger, The Old Place

“Mary Alice raised so much hell they almost had to call in an exorcist.”
― Bobby Finger, The Old Place

“her head, which was a vessel for two extremes: generally exuberance, but occasionally scorn. She was a woman you would describe as loud before hearing her voice; like a knob on a stereo turned all the way to the right without anything playing.”
― Bobby Finger, The Old Place

“At a certain point, she decided then without argument, life becomes a straight line with no branches, a road with no exit ramps. Grief would define the rest of her years, and it was time for her to get used to that.”
― Bobby Finger, The Old Place

“There was never friction between them, despite the gaping hole that was his father, but Mary Alice’s allowance of space, the gift of time left alone to get to know himself, created an unintended rift. He’d never felt this happy before, far away from his mother, and decided it could only mean that even more distance would do nothing but make him happier. While floating on their backs in the oppressive summer heat, he and Kenny made plans to move off together, somewhere far away from Billington. The old place quickly became a portal to their”
― Bobby Finger, The Old Place

“And though forging new ones requires a combination of dedication and luck, it’s so much easier to focus on the former. To think of friendship as a kind of magic, when it’s really closer to alchemy.”
― Bobby Finger, The Old Place