01UndatedBut words are water in Amsterdam, they flood your ears and set the rot, and the church's east corner is crowded.Jessie Burton / quote ↗
02UndatedA Depressive?' 'Smiles in ballrooms, weeps in bedrooms. Ill in her head.' Olive tapped her temple. 'And here.' She touched her heart.Jessie Burton / quote ↗
03UndatedWhen you have truly come to know a person, Nella -- when you see beneath the sweet gestures, the smiles -- when you see the rage and the pitiful fear which each of us hide -- then forgiveness is everything.Jessie Burton / quote ↗
05UndatedMarin believes love is better in the chase than caught,’ she says. He raises his eyebrows. ‘That does not surprise me. It is not better. But it is easier. One’s imagination is always more generous. And yet, the chase always tires you out in the end.Jessie Burton / quote ↗
09UndatedThen where is home, Johannes?" He looks at the maps on his wall. "I don't know," He says. "Where comfort is. And that is hard to find.Jessie Burton / quote ↗
10UndatedShe had never had a friend like this, in her private room, combing her hair, listening to her, talking about silly nonsense and the uselessness of one's parents; how the future was perfect, because they hadn't lived it yet.Jessie Burton / quote ↗
11UndatedGrowing older does not seem to make you more certain. It simply presents you with more reasons for doubt.Jessie Burton / quote ↗
12UndatedWriting is a leap of faith. But how wonderful that the person you're putting faith in is yourself.Jessie Burton / quote ↗
13UndatedEverything man sees he takes for a toy. 'Thus is he always, forever a boy.Jessie Burton / quote ↗
