Vacationland Quotes

“She holds the book to her chest and gives in to the grief.”
― Meg Mitchell Moore, Vacationland

“The music starts again. Two bars, then four. The song is “I’ll Melt with You” by Modern English. Nicole and Louisa scream. They were both babies when this song came out, but that doesn’t matter: they recognize it for the happy high school dancing romantic anthem that it has been forever and ever. They take over the dance floor at the Myrtle Street Tavern on the last night in July, as summer turns the corner in Rockland, Maine, and they dance like two friends with everything ahead of them and nothing behind.”
― Meg Mitchell Moore, Vacationland

“The second you let your kids loose in the world they immediately begin bumping up against other people, seeing things, saying things and having other things said to them, all of which contribute to the completeness of their human experience.”
― Meg Mitchell Moore, Vacationland

“They all think he doesn't understand; they think he doesn't know, and sometimes he doesn't. Sometimes he's lost, swimming through the murky past. Can't tell the surface from the depths. But in moments like this, when the thoughts unsnarl and the memories slot themselves into the right places, he knows. Oh, for certain, he knows”
― Meg Mitchell Moore, Vacationland

“What’s the difference between a poorly dressed man on a tricycle and a well-dressed man on a bicycle?”
― Meg Mitchell Moore, Vacationland