Téa Obreht Quotes

In the end, all you want is someone to long for you when it comes time to put you in the ground.

Believe me, Doctor, if your life ends in suddenness you will be glad it did, and if it does not you will wish it had. You will want suddenness, Doctor.

...fear and pain are immediate, and that, when they're gone, we're left with the concept, but not the true memory-why else...would anyone give birth more than once?

...a hazy yellow moon was climbing along the curve of the old basilica on the hill. As it rose, it seemed to be gathering the silence up around it like a net.

Grandfather recently died. He died alone on a trip away from home in a town where no one expected him to be