Finding Violet Park Quotes

“It’s not knowing that drives you mad.”

″ And don’t ask me to solve it because I am the worst. ”

There’s a little bit of suspension of disbelief (LOTS of coincidences)to totally enjoy this book, but enjoy it you should.

This books has a touch of mystery, a healthy dose of coming of age and a surprising amount of introspection.

We’re defeatists and we stop striving or fighting or enjoying things.

“What’s wrong with the world Peter? God, I don’t know. Where do you start? People give up.”

“It doesn’t matter what you’re talking about - war, work, marriage, democracy, love, it all fails because everybody gives up trying after a while, we can’t help ourselves.”

″ I’d escape tomorrow if I could, from every single thing I’ve always wanted.”

“It’s imaging things that you wish you couldn’t think up all by yourself.”

Lucas Swain is a likeable character who doesn’t have many friends and absolutely no girlfriends. He has wondered why his father left and begins to put the peices together when he becomes convinced an urn of ashes begins speaking to him.