Quotes By Author: teresa r. funke

“The tears are falling freely now, and I don’t care if he sees them. They’re tears of relief for my nephew, worry for my grandfather and my brother, and shame for my mistake. I figure I earned them.”

“The only difference between a grown-up’s mistake and a child’s is the size of the consequence.”

“I let all that anger and worry go because they don’t belong to me any more than the future does. And I don’t wanna feel them anyhow, because the truth is, whatever happens when this war ends, here and now, far from Richmond County, I’m freer than I’ve ever been.”