Marlee B

“Life has a way of reminding you that you are at the mercy of chance, and that even well-thought-out plans can turn to chaos in an instant.”
― Kelly Rimmer, The Things We Cannot Say

“Home is not the country we stand in—it’s us. Home is the future we have been planning and dreaming of.”
― Kelly Rimmer, The Things We Cannot Say

“and I know that I love Wade. Sometimes I also kind of hate him, but mostly, I love him. That’s marriage sometimes. That’s just the way it is; the years can’t all be kind, because life isn’t always kind.”
― Kelly Rimmer, The Things We Cannot Say

“Life doesn’t work that way, Alina. Hatred spreads—it doesn’t burn out with time. Someone needs to stand up and stop it. You watch, sister—when they’re done with the Jews, it will be our turn again. Besides, even if we could ride out the war with our heads down, and we sat back while the Nazis worked all of our Jewish friends to death, what kind of Poland could be rebuilt once they were gone? Those people are as important to this country as we are. We’re better off dying with honor than sitting back to watch our countrymen suffer,” he said.”
― Kelly Rimmer, The Things We Cannot Say