"The River Between Us" Quotes
During the Civil War, Tilly and her family flee to their aunt's house in Illinois, where they discover secrets about their family's past.
historical fiction | 164 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
The war began with a great deal of patriotic fervor, which is a kind of fire that burns the brightest at the start and dies down to embers before it's done.
Folks can't help where they're born, but they can help where they stay.
A woman's heart's a deep ocean of secrets.
Life's like that sometimes. The best you can hope for is to pick the right shade of brown.
The major advantage of living through interesting times is that the future can't possibly be dull.
There's no such thing as a happy ending. I never met a rich person who was happy.
The past's only as dead as you let it be. And the future's only as alive as you make it.
People believe what they want to believe. And a good lie can make the truth seem ridiculous.
There's no such thing as a good war, but there are such things as just wars.
The only thing that's never a gamble is the past.
