Key Insights & Memorable Quotes
Below are the most popular and impactful highlights and quotes from Atomic Love:(Showing 17 of 17)
“America isn’t the land of the brave. It’s the land of bravado. We’re show-offs. In this country, all we desire is things. America is a place that hoards and accumulates and boasts and compares. Meanwhile too many poor people are suffering.”
“Passion for something is a gift.”
“How do we survive a world where death awaits at all times.”
“How many people in the world are so poisoned by sadness, they push love away when it's the one thing the long for most ?”
“Not talking is noisy. Being angry, that's noisy.”
“People fall in love and put up with someone who gives them none of what they want. They've chosen badly, and then feel stuck. A lifetime of suffering. With a glimmer of hope that things will change. But people don't change.”
“Winter grew into a wet spring. It felt like the sun would never shine. After days of no sun, she found it hard to get out of bed.”
“I just can't believe you feel nothing when I feel so much for you.”
“We were broken by then. We were all barely human.”
“Those days when I had both hands, Linda. Those were ''great'' days.”
“The Nodders shows how young children in imaginative ways are encouraged to nap using positive reinforcements. The author creates a poetic story where the rhyming words flow easily in solving the problem of getting children to rest. Brian Schmidt’s illustrations are whimsical and colorful and do an excellent job in bringing the story to life. Since pictures support the beginning reading process, the visual and verbal expressions are easy to understand making the The Nodders a fun book. Possessing a treasure pouch is anothergood incentive to support a child’s quiet time.”
“Boys weren't built for such things. Like two buttons and no buttonholes.”
“Do you ever think to say thank you ?''''Thank you ? She's my mom. It's her job.”
“She's surprised how long he presses her close and has no wish for it to end.”
“I'm not interested in her nose.'' ''How about the rest of her ?''''Not right now..”
“Sometimes, this is how grownups act. They have their own problems and sadness.”
“I hope they never drop that damn bomb again ..”
