Year of Impossible Goodbyes Quotes

Year of Impossible Goodbyes Quotes

"I am too old and tired to be afraid anymore." (Chapter 1, p. 2)

"They keep us so hungry that we can't do anything but worry about where our next meal is coming from. They keep us hungry for so long that we are grateful for whatever little food we get." (Chapter 1, p. 10)

"We were all so happy that for a few moments, I forgot the Imperial police." (Chapter 2, p. 25)

"Captain Narita gazed calmly at Mother as he stroked his mustache that twitched as he formed his icy smile." (Chapter 4, p. 52)

"I heard half of them killed themselves by jumping off the speeding trucks rather than be locked in those latrines and used by those soldiers. Our poor girls!" (Chapter 4, p. 56)

"Wherever they were being taken, I could tell it was a fate even worse than death." (Chapter 4, p. 60)