Tomorrow River Quotes

“Memories are so two-faced.
One minute they're hugging you like a long-lost friend, the next minute they're ripping you apart like your worst enemy.”
― Lesley Kagen, Tomorrow River

“When you least expect to recall something, a memory can pop up like an uninvited guest on your doorstep.”
― Lesley Kagen, Tomorrow River

“Nobody can get at your heart once it's lying six feet under.”
― Lesley Kagen, Tomorrow River

“If only. -- You got to admit, standing alone those words are pretty awful, but married together like that, they must be two of the saddest in the English language.”
― Lesley Kagen, Tomorrow River

“I know some first-class Negroes. I also know some second-rate white people.”
― Lesley Kagen, Tomorrow River

“People can be so cruel to the different.”
― Lesley Kagen, Tomorrow River

“...And he shouldn't have talked to Mama in the hurtful ways he did neither. Calling her despicable names because she wanted to do things her own independent way instead of his. He uses his silver tongue like a sword. Nicking away at your heart, cutting word by cutting word. Maybe silence really is golden.”
― Lesley Kagen, Tomorrow River

“I know from vast experience that fear talks a lot louder than courage. I need to listen to that other voice inside me, that faint one that's struggling to be heard.”
― Lesley Kagen, Tomorrow River

“Even though I'm still torn about the way I dealt with Mama's disappearance and more than likely will meet my Maker being so, I am dreadfully certain about one thing. First impressions? They can be dead wrong.”
― Lesley Kagen, Tomorrow River