Alix Quotes

“You can’t turn love on and off like a light switch, no matter how hard you try. All you can do is wall it off, one brick at a time, until you’ve created an impenetrable fortress around your emotions. And once that fortress is built, you camouflage it so well that even you can’t see it anymore.”
― Katherine Allred, The Sweet Gum Tree

“To my surprise, Nick reached under his shirt and pulled out the half-heart pendant. With his gaze fixed on mine, he slid the chain over my head. “No one should have to go through life with only half a heart,” he whispered.”
― Katherine Allred, The Sweet Gum Tree

“Lies and half-truths hurt not only the liar, but the people they love most.”
― Katherine Allred, The Sweet Gum Tree

“This isn’t a church social, Sweetheart. You aren’t going to be able to save me this time.”
― Katherine Allred, The Sweet Gum Tree

“Mothers. Can’t live with them, can’t hit them over the head with a board.”
― Katherine Allred, The Sweet Gum Tree

“Her face was plastered with layers of powder and looked like a face of stone. And with her noble profile, she seemed, on the triangular, moss-covered pedestal hidden by her cape, like a crumbling goddess in a park.”
― Marcel Proust, The Guermantes Way