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Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch QUOTES

Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch QUOTES

1 " That's what life is: a bunch of thorns, and a berry. "

― Rivka Galchen , Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch

2 " I was certain she would recover. She had so much strength in her, and spirit. I started making some pickles; I was thinking that many months ahead. The cucumbers were so green and compelling, and I carefully cut away bruises. But Maruschl was gone before the next Tuesday. The baby Katharina died as well within the month. To hear Susanna weeping in an unspeakable misery saying, My baby, my baby, was worse than my own losses. I was willing to give everything and anything to bring the children back. As we waited for Hans to return, there was a part of me that held out the hope that when he returned, so they would too. I dreamed of walking hand in hand with Maruschl. I dreamed even of us arguing, of her growing angry with me, or disappointed, I wanted that for her much more than I wanted to live. "

― Rivka Galchen , Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch

3 " I also felt that I had failed Hans in failing to save his child. Poor Susanna, in that house with me, but really alone. She mended every garment in the home, even those of the children. LittleHammer survived. But she had become cold and aloof. I understood her—to love others is to suffer. "

― Rivka Galchen , Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch

4 " You can’t discover what’s true based on how many people think it’s true. "

― Rivka Galchen , Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch

5 " ...to love others is to suffer. "

― Rivka Galchen , Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch

6 " She lost a pregnancy in that time. That made me suspect the others of sorcery. But sad things are so commonplace. "

― Rivka Galchen , Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch

7 " Scudding is calming work, as it requires all of my attention to not let the knife slip. When I do it, I feel the steady purpose a cat must feel when bathing itself with its coarse tongue. Some of my most peaceful hours have been spent in this way. Outside there could be lightning, wars, or a festival and it would be all the same and nothing to me. "

― Rivka Galchen , Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch

8 " That was a courtesy due to anyone. One must stand by everyone, not only the saints. "

― Rivka Galchen , Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch

9 " There are two things a woman must do alone: she does her own believing and her own dying "

― Rivka Galchen , Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch