The Trees Grew Because I Bled There Quotes

“What the doctors didn’t tell me was how much I would change while watching her suffer. I shouldn’t be so surprised, though. Each thing we love takes a little piece of us whether we give it willingly or not. By the time we find the person we were meant to be with, we’re a honeycombed shell of what we once were. Each person we love turns us into the strange thing we become.”
― Eric LaRocca, The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

“age has a way of taxing the mind—as if it were a small penance each year for the cost of living—”
― Eric LaRocca, The Strange Thing We Become and Other Dark Tales

“It’s not long before I notice the unpleasant thoughts have subsided in my mind, flowering roots plucked from their beds of soil and dragged screaming.”
― Eric LaRocca, The Strange Thing We Become and Other Dark Tales

“A giant hand pulls back a dark curtain from behind my eyes and I suddenly find myself in the kitchen at the stove.”
― Eric LaRocca, The Strange Thing We Become and Other Dark Tales