"The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley" Quotes
A father with a mysterious past and his daughter navigate a dangerous world in which he must confront his own violent history.
fiction | 399 pages | Published in 2017
Quotes
Samuel Hawley’s kitchen was a charred, bloody, smoky mess, and he had not even started on the dishes.
The truth always had a way of coming out, one way or another.
Everyone had a past. Everyone had secrets. Some were just better at hiding them.
The world was a dangerous place. You had to be careful.
Lily had been like a storm, fierce and unpredictable, and now she was gone.
It was strange how the places you loved could also be the places that hurt you the most.
The past was like that: it came back when you least expected it, and sometimes it changed everything.
Life was a series of compromises, and no one understood that better than Lily.
Samuel had learned that there were different kinds of courage. There was the kind that made you run into burning buildings, and the kind that made you live when you wanted to die.
Family was like that. They were always there, even when you didn’t want them to be.
