“ Having a child isn't a deal you strike with life. As I said: a child is a gift. And what remains after a child is gone is the memory of the years it was allowed to live. Not its death Carsten Jensen
“ ... The women's song was always the same, as monotonous as the beating of the waves against the beach: loss, loss. The conch offered them no enchantment. When they put their ear to it, all they heard… Carsten Jensen
“ So you've stopped thinking you're going to die?Oh, I'm more certain of it than ever. But I've stopped being scared. Carsten Jensen
“ She still held back her tears, as if subjecting herself to some terrible endurance test. Carsten Jensen
“ As long as our voiced were in harmony, it didn't matter that our accents were at war. Carsten Jensen
“ Though I had no respect for Jack Lewis, I respected the hole in his chest. He was dying, and you owe the dying your attention. Carsten Jensen
“ Their eyes persecuted him everywhere, eventually following him all the way into the darkness around his bed and into his dreams, like a madness that threatened to overpower him. Carsten Jensen
“ Without discussing it with his mother, Anton went up to his teacher, Miss Katballe, and informed her that after seven years he was now quitting school. It was the best day of her life, she replied. Wi… Carsten Jensen
“ Is there anything more heartbreaking than drowning in sight of land? Is there a single one of us who hasn't at least once felt haunted by the fear of slipping away within sight of a safe haven? Carsten Jensen
“ With no other choices open to us, we'd turned our gaze seaward. The oceans were our America: they reached farther than any prairie, untamed as on the first day of creation. Nobody owned them. Carsten Jensen
“ He felt Miss Kristina's presence like something poisonous and something infinitely sweet mixing together in his blood. Inside him, a lack of willpower and a colossal tension battled it out. He felt bo… Carsten Jensen
“ Her grief was a burden so heavy, he came close to collapsing under it, and yet he couldn't lay it down. Carsten Jensen
“ We were familiar with the line that separates grief from madness, and we know that sometimes the only way to stay on the right side of it is to scream. Carsten Jensen
“ Your roots aren't to be found in your childhood so much as in your child. It's he who provides your link to the world, and home is wherever he is. Carsten Jensen
“ There was plenty for the eye to feast on, but nothing for the soul. He had a hunger for something that no sky could satisfy. Somewhere on the planet there had to be a different kind of light. Carsten Jensen
