Sara Ackerman > Quotes

“Why was she always chosen to go first? A part of her wondered if her short hair and slacks had anything to do with it. That in their eyes, she was somehow more like a man. As if hair and clothing had anything to do with it”
― Sara Ackerman

“Daisy kept thinking about how for every man down-on either side-there were loved ones smacked with the brutal truth of war”
― Sara Ackerman

“You never think it's going to happen to you, you know? You fret like mad, but some corner of you always believes it will be someone's else husband or father or brother. But no one is immune”
― Sara Ackerman

“God, god help us boys, we have a truck load of Bettys”
― Sara Ackerman

“Don't believe everything you hear about yourself. It tends to be false”
― Sara Ackerman

“In my experience, when people say fine, it means the opposite.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Wolf from Bale Runs to Bole in English and Amharic

“She was not fine. Anyone could see that. In Daisy's experience, moods changed the chemistry in a room. Each one having its own signature and rubbing off on the people around them. Sadness was heavy and tasted like salt, making everyone feel weepy, while anger suffocated and pressed in with sharp edges, giving off a kind of invisible steam.”
― Sara Ackerman

“Damn left hand does not know what the right is doing”
― sara ackerman

“She was happiest at home baking or sewing or doing household stuff.”
― Sara Ackerman

“If you think like a man, speak like a man, and act like a man, you should be fine”
― Sara Ackerman