"The Garden of Evening Mists" Quotes
A woman reflects on her past while tending to a garden in Malaya, grappling with the legacy of war and her own personal losses.
historical fiction | 350 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
The past is only a shadow, always trying to catch up.
Sometimes a moment in one’s life is like a torch, it shows you what is hidden in the dark.
We choose what we remember and we choose what we forget.
We are all made from the same things, and we all return to the same place.
Words are the most dangerous creation of man.
The present, like something put in a fire, was being consumed by a moment that was already in the past.
Some things are too terrible to remember, and some things are too beautiful to forget.
The truth is a bitter thing, but not always as bitter as a lie.
The weight of words can break a person’s back.
We are all a garden of evening mists, waiting to be revealed by the morning light.
