Elvi Rhodes > Quotes

“But once one's children had flown the nest, when one was no longer in control, one felt somehow left behind.”
― Elvi Rhodes, Spring Music

“But if I can't change the past, she thought, I can change the future, at least my own future. And if being strong was what it took, then she would learn to be strong.”
― Elvi Rhodes, Spring Music

“I'm not sure that it's safe to be happy. You see, I thought for years that I was happy and then it all vanished. So now I think I'd rather take happiness in small doses, seize them when they come and not try to hang on to them.

I'm contented. . . . Contented is safer than happy; there's not as far to fall.”
― Elvi Rhodes, Spring Music