A Castle in Brooklyn Quotes

“each had so much to say that neither was willing to expend the effort, and so said nothing.”
― Shirley Russak Wachtel, A Castle in Brooklyn

“Wachtel”
― Shirley Russak Wachtel, A Castle in Brooklyn

“He found himself waking, despite the alarm clock’s shrill ring, ten minutes earlier each day, and as he placed his head on the pillow each evening, numbers and names and new ventures would float through his mind, directionless, like blackbirds.”
― Shirley Russak Wachtel, A Castle in Brooklyn

“Or maybe, as is usually the case with spans of distance and time, each had so much to say that neither was willing to expend the effort, and so said nothing.”
― Shirley Russak Wachtel, A Castle in Brooklyn

“The doctors said it was something called commotio cordis, a direct blow to the heart between beats. It was instant, a fluke, and deadly.”
― Shirley Russak Wachtel, A Castle in Brooklyn