Old Country Quotes

“From the beginning, we've been on the same page about pretty much everything in our lives. I mean the big shit and the insignificant shit; we're just always dialed into the same frequency. Whether it's where we want to live, people we like, people we don't like, our favorite restaurants, our expectations from each other, how we spend our free time, favorite food, favorite places to ski, fuckin' everything. More important, I think, is our dedication to making every day and every activity into a date with each other. Every night when we cooked dinner and set the table, every night we watched a movie, every time we took the dog for a walk through our old neighborhood in Denver, every weekend hike, every minute working in the garden, even when we'd have fifteen minutes before work to wolf down a bagel, we did everything deliberately together, as though it were planned a year in advance. I don't know how many people have experienced a relationship like that, but I figured it made me the luckiest guy on the planet.”
― Harrison Query, Old Country

“I looked down at Dash, looking up at me, our eye contact activating the motion in his plumed tail. I looked back to Sasha. Sweet Christ, how did I get so lucky as to find these two? I felt like weeping in gratitude, terror, shame, and joy all at once.”
― Matt Query, Old Country

“The guilt I still harbored after seeing the look of disbelieving betrayal on my dog’s face earlier that morning was almost surprisingly hard to shake. I mean, I love that creature, but he’s still just a fuckin’ dog.”
― Matt Query, Old Country