103 Quotes by Chris Bohjalian

She had been told over the years by pilots that the last words of most captains before their aircraft augured into the side of the mountain or broke apart before breaking the plane of the sea were these: MOTHER. MOMMY. MOM

She had been told over the years by pilots, usually when they were having a drink, that the last words of most captains before their aircraft augured into the side of the mountain or broke apart before breaking the plane of the sea were these: MOTHER. MOMMY. MOM.

And though some days it is very hard, I try not to live for the future. And I try not to dream of the past.

She didn't care so much whether the world would ever forgive her people; but she did hope that someday, somehow, she would be able to forgive herself.

During the war, I promised the dead I would never forget them. I stared at them, barely able to move myself. Pretended I was one of them. To this day I can recall the light in the ruins.

Pain came in all colors and sizes, much of it far worse than the pricks and aches and fever dreams that affected the body

A smart girl is nobody's pushover and nobody's foe. A smart girl is both sword and smile.

We may talk a good game and write even better ones, but we never outgrow those small wounded things we were when we were five and six and seven.

A term came to her that they used on occasion at the shelter: the double bind...They used the expression in much the same way that they would use a term like catch-22.