AAmell’s Reviews > Dandelion Wine > Status Update

Soul shattering depression. What the fuck man.

"Once a time was over, it was done. You were always in the present. She may have been a girl once, but was not now. Her childhood was gone and nothing could fetch it back."

"They can't imagine a change they can't see."

“The first thing you learn in life is you’re a fool. The last thing you learn in life is you’re the same fool.”

“There’s a thing about the lawn mower I can’t even tell you, but to me it’s the most beautiful sound in the world, the freshest sound of the season, the sound of summer, and I’d miss it fearfully if it wasn’t there, and I’d miss the smell of cut grass.”

“Gardening is the handiest excuse for being a philosopher.”

“When you’re my age, you’ll find out it’s the little savors and the little things that count more than big ones.”

"Was there, then, no strength in growing up? No solace in being an adult? No sanctuary in life? No fleshy citadel strong enough to withstand the scrabbling assault of midnights?"

“They passed like cloud shadows downhill… the boys of summer, running.”

“Let me feel tired, now, let me feel tired. I mustn’t forget, I’m alive, I know I’m alive, I mustn’t forget it tonight or tomorrow or the day after that.”