M.K. Tod > Quotes

“If the newspapers reported the truth, if they wrote about the mud and filth and the body parts littering the ground and how young men look old before their time, would we still be here?”
― M.K. Tod, Time and Regret

“Divorce is a process, not an event. It takes months to unfold, a barrage of emotional ups and downs as denial is replaced by grief, grief by anger, and anger gradually eases into acceptance.”
― M. K. Tod, Time and Regret

“Enemy flares made night work difficult, but our position has stabilized. Germans so deeply dug in that our division was unable to take Regina Trench. Hundreds of casualties. Desolation everywhere. We are weapons now, not men. Men decide whether or not to kill. Weapons merely kill.”
― M.K. Tod, Time and Regret

“When did we stop shouldering each other’s sorrows, sharing stories over morning coffee, trading knowing glances when friends or family acted true to form?”
― M.K. Tod, Lies Told in Silence

“The words war and happy should never be in the same sentence,”
― M.K. Tod, Lies Told in Silence

“And now I understood. I understood that Jim was not strong enough to cope with my success, and that Grandmama wanted to be more than the wife of an art gallery owner. I understood that their daughter’s failed life and the loss of their son when he was two years old were heavy burdens for my grandparents, burdens that caused Grandmama to be demanding and resentful, and my grandfather to surround himself with young artists. Understanding them helped me understand myself.”
― M.K. Tod, Time and Regret

“Moliere says doubts are crueller than the worst truths.”
― M.K. Tod, Lies Told in Silence

“We esteem that which we have most desired as of no value the moment it is possessed.” “Who said that?” she asked, turning to face him. “Salignac.”
― M.K. Tod, Lies Told in Silence

“husband. I have two beautiful children. I’m a good woman. I promised myself to Edward. It’s the war. We’re just having a rough patch because of the war. But . . . Ann’s thoughts bounced back and forth. By the time she went upstairs,”
― M.K. Tod, Unravelled: Two Wars. Two Affairs. One Marriage.

“And now”
― M.K. Tod, Time and Regret

“the confines of Tante Camille’s house grew smaller and smaller as cold kept them inside while war permeated the pores of daily living.”
― M.K. Tod, Lies Told in Silence

“she reflected on the durability of small towns, and how so little changes with time.”
― M.K. Tod, Lies Told in Silence

“There are days when I feel that my soul is lost, and I wonder if I will ever find it.”
― M.K. Tod, Lies Told in Silence

“Life will never be the same, but at least I know that life adjusts and creates new threads to hold us together.”
― M.K. Tod, Paris in Ruins