Eva Seyler > Quotes

“He is such a stick in the mud whenever I try to find myself a new mother. He’ll tell me again about how swans mate for life, and his mate is dead, and he will mourn her FOREVER. I looked it up once and showed him from one of his own books that swans will, in fact, find new mates if their first one dies, but he insisted he’s not That Type of Swan.”
― Eva Seyler, This Great Wilderness

“He always felt lost if he had to make conversation, especially with children, and the only way he knew to put people at ease was if he was drilling them. It was not exactly the same thing.”
― Eva Seyler, The War in Our Hearts

“People are afraid of the darkness in their own souls, and instead of working to get it out of themselves, they demonize someone else instead. Easier.”
― Eva Seyler, The War in Our Hearts

“Avie, you canna buy or bargain for anyone’s love. Love is a gift, and if you have to give something to someone to get it, it’s no love anymore.”
― Eva Seyler, The War in Our Hearts

“Grief shouldn’t be measured in comparison with someone else’s troubles,” she said. “Only in proportion with your own experience.”
― Eva Seyler, This Great Wilderness