Graveyard of Lost Children Quotes

“Everyone wanted to talk at her, tell her how she felt, tell her to put on a smile and muddle through, but no one could be bothered to listen. To see how much she hurt”
― Katrina Monroe, Graveyard of Lost Children

“People like you never really apologize."
"People like me?"
"People who think they know everything.”
― Katrina Monroe, Graveyard of Lost Children

“It's easy to mistake belief for truth. It's easy to see things that aren't there, just because you want to see them”
― Katrina Monroe, Graveyard of Lost Children

“Having to be two people at once, both temptress and caregiver, wife and mother, minds are split in half. Even if somehow they didn't, if they managed to keep themselves whole, the act of mothering was torture. Breasts reduced to milk bags for animal rooting, sleep all but impossible to get, and the mind constantly twisted with wonder and worry for this helpless thing that would become no less helpless as it got older. An entire life devoted to the care and nurturing of another, always fearing, always convinced you were screwing up. Knowing deep down that whatever happened would be your fault.

The surprising thing was that more mothers didn't lose their minds.”
― Katrina Monroe, Graveyard of Lost Children

“Stupid. Trashy. Probably grew up in Bogdanoff. Where’s that? Just outside of wedlock! Har”
― Katrina Monroe, Graveyard of Lost Children