"At the Edge of the Orchard" Quotes
A family's struggle for survival and redemption amidst the orchards and wilderness of 19th-century America.
historical fiction | 305 pages | Published in 2016
Quotes
The past was not a place he wished to visit often.
pastregret
Americans wanted to push westward; they wanted to make their own world.
ambitionwestward expansion
It is a hard thing to love two countries.
lovepatriotism
He had learned that it was better to be a listener.
listeningwisdom
They had a shared language of silence.
communicationunderstanding
They had become the kind of family that talked around each other.
communicationfamily
It was the kind of silence that made words seem clumsy.
silencecommunication
They had spent too many years apart to be able to talk easily.
communicationreunion
Words were not always the best way to say things.
communicationexpression
It was a simple pleasure, the kind of thing that made life bearable.
pleasuresimple things
