A Spanish Sunrise Quotes
"Was there anything more painful than knowing that your eight-year-old was struggling and that you were not only responsible but also unequipped to help?"
"Sure, Mia had every reason to be struggling, but with the power of passing time, the work she had done with her therapist, and Baxter’s efforts to entomb the memories of the past, he had thought they’d broken through the worst of it."
"What he knew and what kept him up at night was that he should have given up his dreams the moment he’d met Mia’s mother, Sofia—not the moment he’d lost her."
"He didn’t want to think it possible that his daughter would do such a thing, but he knew better."
"You’re a chip off the old block, aren’t you?"
"He’d given up everything to dedicate his life to her, leaving his band and tossing away the only aspiration he’d ever had, but it hadn’t been enough."
"When Mia dreams she dreams of butterflies and drifts away to this lullaby."
"She was walking into Target to get me a new shaving razor, and this guy was really angry."
"He knew he worked too much—his own therapist had said so, up until Baxter had run out of time for their weekly appointments."
"She was one of a kind, a big bright star in my universe."
"I’m fine with you meeting, but I’d rather you not talk about her mother."
"This is what it was like for a sober alcoholic to hold a bottle to their lips."
"I can’t tell you how much effort I’ve put into helping her."
"Let me just do this and this and then I’ll do this and then I’ll be ready."
"How were my negotiation skills this morning?"
"It’s hard for me to leave everything behind."
"I’m not sure she’d want to talk on a daily basis."
"She would want you to figure out this sleeping thing."
"It wasn't always sadness that seemed to be the root of the tension. Most of the time, it was just anxiety and worry."
"Your music was only as good as the dedication you put into your craft."
"Life wasn’t about seeking joy and living it to its fullest anymore; it was about watching his and Mia’s backs."
"The only rational part left in him felt so embarrassed he couldn’t even look that way."
"Being around all this just made him realize how much his life kind of sucked."
"He supposed once Jorge was gone, I felt more freedom."
"How many times had he woken to reach for Sofia in the bed next to him, only to touch cold sheets?"
"Your oil is only as good as the love you put into the land."
"All business, aren't you? Everything’s fine here; quit worrying."
"He’d climbed out of all the shit with his childhood and done something right with his life."
"They’re almost ready. Just a few more days. The rain today will plump them up to perfection."
"It’s one thing to open up to her, but if he wasn’t careful, he’d need a couch, and she’d need a notepad."
"It was one thing to open up to her, but if he wasn’t careful, he’d need a couch, and she’d need a notepad."
"I'm not the kind of guy who hides his agenda."
"Having a family business is difficult... Sometimes it’s hard to find common ground."
"Being out there with his shirt off and the sun coming down on him had reminded him of growing up on the jobsites back in Greenville."
"It’s hard to believe now, but he’d loved construction work back then, the beauty of working with his hands, seeing a job come together."
"My friend and I did these [tattoos] when we were twelve or so... Not the wisest idea."
"She was so clean. Ate clean, exercised daily, lived clean. She didn’t even drink that much."
"I didn’t quite realize how much of Sofia we’d be bringing back into our lives."
"What’s really screwing me up is that Mia’s a different person...I’m just getting pulled back into the mire of those days."
"I’m a wreck. I figured my time here would be good for me... But it’s not working out that way."
"There’s just so much energy running through me, so much... anxiety and... I guess, anger and sadness."
"It’s a funny thing, destiny. I’d like to believe it exists."
"I like you, Baxter. I thought you were kind of bullheaded, but you’re soft inside."
"It’s very admirable... raising a child alone takes all you have."
"I’ve dated a little bit, never brought anyone home. I don’t want to do that to Mia."
"Mia is a very... intuitive girl. She senses when you’re down."
"I wouldn’t say I’m married to anything anymore, other than being a father."
"It’s a little sad that you’ve given up on living."
"You’ll never have anything better in your life than great oil on the first day of harvest."
"Being here is good for me. And though the idea frightens me, you make me want to make music again."
"Death was an inevitable part of life, and sometimes it came sooner than you hoped."
"I’m sorry, I wish there was something I could do."
"What you do is take and take and take, you take it all away."
"When you get my age, you give up on pretending."
"There’s no way to know what’s coming; we’re just along for the ride."
"The truth wasn’t always easy, but it had a way of making things right."
"Children needed to be protected. You didn’t test your theories on them like lab rats."
"Our talk yesterday forced me to do a lot of thinking. My lies have gotten me in enough trouble."
"Sofia would have loved you, you know? I mean, of course, she would have loved you because you were her mother, but because of who you are too."
"I don’t know how it’s even possible, but I miss her every day, and I barely knew her."
"A mother’s bond to her child starts in the womb, not once the baby is breathing."
"I lost my Sofia. And I lost my husband. But I can’t lose my only son. I just can’t."
"There’s something about the water, like it has all the answers."
"El mar. But if you’re a poet, you can get away with using the feminine form. La mar."
"Meeting you and Alma and the rest of the family has helped me understand Sofia and come to grips with losing her."
"I’m just in this stage where I’m wondering what the hell is going on."
"We can’t control everything around us. We can’t write our future. Sometimes we just have to let go."
"How amazing all that had to happen in order for you to be sitting here right now."
"Things happen. It was how you dealt with them that defined your life."
"There was no time for regrets, because regret was indeed a broken mirror."
"I don’t want to live a gated life anymore. You’ve been right all along."
"It’s something a lot of people do when they’re younger, like right before or during or after college. It’s a big life reset."
"You could help Alma after school and on the weekends."
"Who are you? This is just me, Little ol’ me."
"I promised you . . . things were going to be different."
"I feel like I forgot a couple of people. Hmm . . ."