The Second Life Of Mirielle West Quotes
"Surely you know, those early days were among the happiest of my life."
"Neither one of us has known happiness since."
"I realize now it was a vain attempt to make up from without for being undernourished within."
"Loneliness was better than your desolate company."
"I hope you will not hate me for saying so, but I see your illness as a gift."
"The woman I met all those years ago shined as much from within as without."
"Here, at last, is a hardship you cannot drink away."
"I cared for my children when they were sick."
"We’d never make it to twelve negative tests or survive until they found a cure doing this work."
"If ya got other ideas, by all means, share 'em."
"I’m not saying you’re particularly swift or proficient yet, but you do seem to have a certain . . . grit."
"You’re never gonna get out of here, you know."
"I trust you will be able to keep yourself occupied under Sister Loretta’s eye."
"Sometimes a reaction can trigger acute nephritis, which can lead to kidney failure and death, but we’ll keep a close eye on you here in the infirmary."
"A woman feels her best when she looks her best."
"Every step they used to ache. Now I feel as if I could run a race and win."
"Despite the pain in her knuckles, Mirielle’s hands curled into fists around the sheets."
"What good is it if I can write my letters pretty and add up a bunch of numbers if I’m just gonna be stuck at Carville all my life?"
"Someday the both of us are going to make it home."
"It’s not about impressing anyone. It’s about feeling your best."
"You ain’t the first to be disappointed by the outside world, baby."
"A gator will be too heavy to pull outta the water."
"I didn’t say that, but certainly not on account of a possum."
"The kind that’s willing to do business with lepers."
"Ya ain’t the first to be disappointed by the outside world, baby."
"I reckon this ain’t like them fancy, fancy ballrooms you’re used to, but ya can’t beat the view."
"It’s just . . . At least the frogs didn’t go over."
"It’s true you had to beat back gators to catch ’em?"
"I’ve got to make a quick telephone call. I’ll be back in a jiffy."
"You don’t need to sign anything. It’s already done."
"Our son, Mirielle, and anything would have been better than trying to kill yourself."
"You want to call things by their proper names? How about this: suicide."
"I wasn’t the one who fell apart whenever someone mentioned him."
"God cares about what we do with our lives, not what we wear."
"I could hire a shiny new limousine for less than that."
"You’re mad as a hatter if you think I’m gonna pay that."
"If you were a decent sort of fellow, you’d take us then."
"She’s just a child. Tuckered out from our journey is all."
"Just see that you ain’t here when I come back."
"I’ll give you a dime if you help me carry her to the dock."
"It’s real silver. Don’t let anyone tell you it’s not."
"You haven’t left the facility again, have you?"
"I sent another letter and . . . well, just read it."
"You can say his name, Charles. He’d want us to say his name."
"At least I cared! You were back at the studio a week after his funeral."
"Look, I never should have brought it up. I just wanted you to know that wasn’t the reason."