Maja

“And, man he cried when he talked. He cried big tears, the kind it takes an old man to cry, the kind it takes a saxophone to play.”
― Robert James Waller, The Bridges of Madison County

“Francesca was feeling good feelings, old feelings, poetry and music feelings.”
― Robert James Waller, The Bridges of Madison County

“None of those things should have mattered, but I guess they did. I guess they were like water. Soft and harmless until enough time went by. Then all of a sudden you found yourself with the Grand Canyon on your hands.”
― Carol Rifka Brunt, Tell the Wolves I'm Home

“People didn’t know everything then. There were things people had never seen before. Places nobody had ever been. You could make up a story and people would believe it...also maybe it seems like it would be okay not to be perfect. Nobody was perfect back then. Just about everyone was defective, and most people had no choice except to stay that way.”
― Carol Rifka Brunt, Tell the Wolves I'm Home