The Rivers Lead Home and Other Stories Quotes

“Only in the army do they congratulate you as they send you to die.”
― Emily Hayse, The Rivers Lead Home and Other Stories

“They tell you, when you join the army—when you sit at those rigid desks at the academy, studying the brilliant strategists of the past—that one day you will reach your impossible choice. Twenty-three years, and I’ve reached mine.”
― Emily Hayse, The Rivers Lead Home and Other Stories