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Wreckage

Emily Bleeker

Top 10 Best Quotes

“It wasn’t peaceful, no light at the end of a tunnel or any of that crap. Only fear and regret for all the things I’d left undone.”

“Dave learned that Death is the opposite of peace: it’s struggle, it’s ugly, it’s horrific, it’s dirty. And ultimately, Death is emptiness.”

“She didn’t know yet that sometimes life makes different choices than you do. Stupid life.”

“I don’t know how it’s possible to long for home and be glad I’m away from it at the same time, but it is.”

“Sometimes you have to lie. Sometimes it’s the only way to protect the ones you love.”

“My only hope is that even if I have nightmares, they’ll be better than my reality.”

“At five years old, twenty was too large to conceptualize. Twenty dollars was a fortune, twenty toys a treasure chest, twenty minutes a lifetime, twenty years eternity.”

“with her head cocked to one side, the reporter looked a bit like a spoiled cocker spaniel begging for a treat.”

“We’ll come up with a story, a good story, and we’ll tell that instead.”

“She suddenly hated the tooth fairy, with her fancy little wings and magic wand.”

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Book Keywords:

lie, love, death, fear-of-death, death-and-dying

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