"The Other Side of the Bridge" Quotes
"The Other Side of the Bridge" by Mary Lawson explores the complex relationships and choices of two brothers growing up in a small Northern Ontario community during the 1930s.
fiction | 296 pages | Published in 2006
Quotes
The thing about farming is that you're always waiting, even when you're working.
The older you get, the less you understand the world.
Sometimes it's hard to understand why things happen the way they do.
There's always some quiet reason for things.
Life's always a trade-off. You lose something, you gain something else.
Sometimes it's the people closest to you who are the hardest to understand.
The world's full of people who don't know what they want.
Sometimes it's easier to hide from the truth than to face it head-on.
Life's a series of choices and consequences. You can't escape that.
The things we regret the most are often the things we didn't do.
