47 Quotes by David Ebershoff

What type of woman would stay with her husband through this? ... She was a woman who would do anything to help her marriage survive. She wanted to help her husband finally become happy, though ultimately that would destroy her marriage.

People sometimes ask me why I wrote this as a novel instead of as a nonfiction book, ... It's because the terrain that I'm exploring, the emotions, aren't documented, as is the case in most marriages. The private thoughts aren't known and that's what I wanted to pursue here. I took it to my imagination and to the skills of fiction writing in order to write about this marriage.

Everyone at some time or another has looked into the mirror and thought, 'That's not who I am. The world sees me differently than I see myself,'

Last year when my grandma fell and broke her hip she couldn’t paint her toenails anymore. So my grandpa started doing it for her, even after he fell and broke his hip, too. For me, that’s love.

I know someone loves me from how they say my name. Like with my mom and dad, when they say “Benjamin” it’s like my name is safe in their mouth.

Einar felt lonely, and he wondered if anybody in the world would ever know him.

Isn’t it interesting what a stranger can offer? A little wisdom, a little mercy, a little love.

Upon the exposure of his bribery, it is reported he said, “I should have paid more.

What do I consider myself now? A man attempting to be good. In this endeavor I have no use for church and steeple. If another man does, I only wish he finds what he needs.