An Enigmatic Escape: A Trilogy

Dan Groat

Top 10 Best Quotes

“There is a silent deference for one another, a distance that is kept, and lines that aren’t crossed, but in their sharing, they each try to pay tribute to the bond in their own way. As often as possible, they open up a little and give what they can.”

“What a wonderful sadness to miss the one you have loved forever, it seems, and know that she is waiting at home.”

“What kind of country has this become? Decent people can’t do anything without being watched.”

“My world was very limited in size and experience. Small things took on extra importance, at least to a child.”

“Saying it ain’t fair, over and over again while you stand in front of a wrecking ball is kinda senseless, I think.”

“The world bein’ so small ain’t always a good thing for those of us who ain’t searchin’ for new and different stuff.”

“The bones of the oak tree that had stood by the spring branch during my youth were scattered about the ground, pieces of the skeleton of a majestic life that had passed while I was off growing up and old.”

“As an adult I had mastered the art of looking without seeing and listening without hearing and eating without tasting and maybe even existing without living.”

“Sometimes when the three of us were together on our own, we would have a good time. I was pretty young, but sometimes we would go off in the woods and build forts and fight Indians and I think things were about as close to fine as they ever got right then during those times. In the woods. No parents. No yelling.”

“One of the worst things I’ve learned about getting older is that there seems to be more change that you don’t like than there was when you were younger and you can’t do nothin’ about it.”

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