"The Stars Are Fire" Quotes
After a devastating fire ravages her coastal Maine town, a young mother must find the strength to rebuild her life and discover her own resilience.
historical fiction | 256 pages | Published in 2017
Quotes
Sometimes she wished she were the kind of woman who could say a thing so powerfully that it would stop a man in his tracks.
You can't go from a fire like that and expect to live your life as you had before.
She had long since stopped thinking about the value of her own life. It seemed to her that she had succeeded in becoming the kind of woman she'd once hoped to be.
It was a relief to know that she was not the only one who felt as she did.
It is a strange thing to come home. While yet on the journey, you cannot at all realize how strange it will be.
Sometimes it was easier to be angry than to be afraid.
She had never been a woman who asked for help, and she wasn't about to start now.
It was a strange experience to be both the past and the present at the same time.
Some things are best left unspoken.
The only thing worse than feeling sorry for oneself is the pity of others.
