Barbara Ellen Brink > Quotes

“Time passes so slowly in a waiting room, as if all the wasted minutes of your life have been recycled and you are forced to endure them over again.”
― Barbara Ellen Brink, Entangled

“April in Minnesota is often schizophrenic.”
― Barbara Ellen Brink, Roadkill

“the victim could rest in peace. He said a murder”
― Barbara Ellen Brink, The Complete Fredrickson Winery Series

“I know what it’s like to be the victim and I know what it’s like to wait for justice and closure. The only thing that kept me sane was staying busy.”
― Barbara Ellen Brink, The Complete Fredrickson Winery Series

“You do realize that after this long any recall is a process of reconstruction. Returning memories will be distorted to some degree. How you perceived things at the age of eight may not look the same to you now." "So, what are you saying?" "Just be careful. The past can be a big, mean dog. The bite is always worse than the bark. Your nightmares are only the bark.”
― Barbara Ellen Brink, The Complete Fredrickson Winery Series

“My wife speaks Shakespeare as a second language.”
― Barbara Ellen Brink, Roadkill

“But old men were young men once upon a time, and the things that are unforgivable traits in their old age were once attractive quirks some young woman”
― Barbara Ellen Brink, Roadkill

“annoyance.”
― Barbara Ellen Brink, Crushed

“I assumed he'd given up completely on his father, wished for nothing more than to never see him again. But a little boy peeked out from behind his eyes, desperately needing to feel the love of his dad.”
― Barbara Ellen Brink, The Complete Fredrickson Winery Series

“Handel, the one who taught Davy, when a bigger kid was picking on him at school, that revenge made a man weak, while forgiveness took a man’s power back from the bully.”
― Barbara Ellen Brink, The Complete Fredrickson Winery Series