Olga Masters > Quotes

“Don't say the name! I don't ever want to know!" But what Amy was really saying was, I want to blame you, and only you. I want to punish you all the rest of your life, and only you.”
― Olga Masters, A long time dying

“Cobargo was a terribly dull place in 1935.”
― Olga Masters, A long time dying

“That's all you've got to do," Sarah said, using her soft and whispery voice. "Put that money under the stone there before Minnie and the others get home from school. I don't want to shoot you with them looking on.”
― Olga Masters, A long time dying

“After a few weeks, Frank did not appear to want Martha there, but she stayed. When Frank stopped speaking to her, it made no difference and they lived that way for twenty years.”
― Olga Masters, A long time dying

“There was a twitter from the tennis shed and those who gossiped freely about Mrs Schaefer's domestic habits blushed in their guilt.”
― Olga Masters, A long time dying

“When there was a summer of bad bush fires, all that was left of the house was the brick recess that had held the stove and open fire. Lush rains followed, and with the earth nourished by the ashes, a pine near the front, surviving the holocaust, gave birth to a grove of deep green trees, turning the old tumbledown house into an oasis, causing the travelers to exclaim at the beauty and watch with excitement for the village coming up, perhaps as a peaceful and pretty as the trees.”
― Olga Masters, A long time dying