AE McRoberts > Quotes

“I know the face a man makes when he is about to lose a thing he cannot lose.”
― AE McRoberts

“For ten years her father had been waiting for her to be worth something.”
― AE McRoberts, The General's Blind Bride: A Chinese Historical Arranged Marriage Age Gap

“He had words for men about to die. His wife waited beside him, and he had nothing.”
― AE McRoberts, The General's Blind Bride: A Chinese Historical Arranged Marriage Age Gap

“Maybe she’ll be reborn with another face, with eyes that worked and a mother that lived and a life less cruel.”
― AE McRoberts, The General's Blind Bride: A Chinese Historical Arranged Marriage Age Gap

“My mother used to say a wish is a cup with no bottom. You pour your life into it and you still go thirsty.”
― AE McRoberts, The General's Blind Bride: A Chinese Historical Arranged Marriage Age Gap