The House on Rockaway Beach Quotes

“Sometimes life has a way of exceeding all expectations. It can bring your wildest dreams to life and make them even better than you could have imagined. These rare, golden moments can only be fully treasured after some degree of suffering, struggle and pain. Only after you've lost someone can finding them be truly appreciated”
― Emma Burstall, The House On Rockaway Beach

“At the mouth of the estuary, they stopped to gaze across the water at the shimmery Manhattan skyline, rising majestically in the distance. Sophie had never experienced quite so powerfully that sense of nature not just surviving but thriving in the middle of an urban industrial landscape. She was blown away”
― Emma Burstall, The House On Rockaway Beach

“The truth can hurt, you see. Sometimes it's better not to go there at all”
― Emma Burstall, The House On Rockaway Beach

“I feel sorry for you, actually. You're one of those sad fuckers who know the price of everything and the value of nothing. I'd really hate to be you”
― Emma Burstall, The House On Rockaway Beach

“Junk? To Sophie it was treasure. How could two sisters, who had shared so many of the same experiences, have such different perspectives?”
― Emma Burstall, The House On Rockaway Beach