Favorite Quotes for Part II. of "The Sweet Hereafter"

That's the only way you can ensure moral responsibility in this society. Make it cheaper.

I hate these kinds of conversations, like everyone but me knows the lines and has been rehearsing without me.

"I don't think I can do that," I said, but I heard my voice go flat and toneless as I spoke, as if I were already doing it.

Some people, when terrible things happen to them, take strength from believing that other people are better than in fact they are. Not me. I go in the opposite direction.

She's the one, she's the family to me, the whole family; the rest of them...even though I love them the way you're supposed to, make me feel like I have to protect myself against them.