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Men From The Boys (Harry Silver, #3) QUOTES

Men From The Boys (Harry Silver, #3) QUOTES

1 " And it felt like every time I turned around, somebody was either dying or walking out. "

― Tony Parsons , Men From The Boys (Harry Silver, #3)

2 " I have this theory about divorce. I have a theory that is never a tragedy for adults and always a tragedy for children. Adults can lose weight, find someone nicer, get their life back. Divorce gives grown-ups a get-out-of-jail-free card. It is the children who pay the price, and pay it for the rest of their lives. But we can't admit that, all us scarred veterans of the divorce court, because it would mean admitting that we have inflicted wounds on our children that they will carry for the rest of their lives. "

― Tony Parsons , Men From The Boys (Harry Silver, #3)

3 " Riddle me this - she is my daughter but I am not her father: who am I?

I am a step parent. Ah, but I don't really believe in the term step-parent. I don't think the role exists. Not really. For either in the end you are either a child's parent or you are not. And blood does not have a lot do to with it. "

― Tony Parsons , Men From The Boys (Harry Silver, #3)

4 " I suspected it was just that I no longer cared so much. And that felt like the saddest thing in the world "

― Tony Parsons , Men From The Boys (Harry Silver, #3)

5 " The total isolation of death. The loneliness of the dying man. That is what I had noticed about my father's death. We loved him but, in the end, we left him and he died alone. Because we were tired. Because it was late. Because there was nothing we could do. We loved him and yet he was on his own. "

― Tony Parsons , Men From The Boys (Harry Silver, #3)