Sofia Montrone > Quotes

“It was possible, she mused, holding the book in her hands-its cover soft from her father's handling-that her father survived on the shelf in the particles of dust, which might have contained his skin. If he remained anywhere on this earth, it was among those books.”
― Sofia Montrone, Nymph

“It's hard for a man to get out of his own way.”
― Sofia Montrone, Nymph

“After all that trouble, they still forgave him. Can you believe that?”
― Sofia Montrone, Nymph

“Ants could swim, her father told her the second night in Italy, the ant trapped in honey between them. When their nests flooded, the ants banded to form a raft. They grabbed one another with their legs to stay afloat. All ants shared the same brain, the same life.”
― Sofia Montrone, Nymph

“When you take a creature from its home, when you do it harm, when you leave a wound that will make its every moment misery [,,,] you have to finish the job.”
― Sofia Montrone, Nymph

“With everyone else gone, her father slumps back onto his pillow, his strength spent. His eyes are bright. The brightness condenses, bubbles up, slowly forming a bead. A tear rolls down his face, then another.”
― Sofia Montrone, Nymph