Carol Rifka Brunt Quotes

But they gave me Finn. He said it like maybe it was worth the trade. Like it was something he would do again if he had the choice. Like he would take a man's legs and give away years of his own freedom if it was the only way. I thought how that was wrong and terrible and beautiful all at the same time.

…there’s just something beautiful about walking on snow that nobody else has walked on. It makes you believe you’re special, even though you know you’re not.

There was a flicker of something in Greta's look. I couldn't tell whether it was a flicker of love or regret or meanness.

But you don't know what it was like. It was just the two of us that afternoon, and then . . . and then it was just me.