One thing's sure and nothing surer. The rich get richer and the poor get- children

It's a hard place this world can be. No wonder a baby cries coming in to it. Tears from the start

Peter Geye has rendered the Minnesota north shore in all its stark, dangerous beauty, and it is the perfect backdrop for this deeply moving story of conflict and forgiveness. Safe from the Sea is a remarkable debut.

A small profit is better than a big loss.

We had some good times at school. I didn't know how good those times were until I left, but I guess that's the way of it

One of my goals is to allow readers to see my characters and the world they inhabit as vividly as possible.

She realized that being starved for words was the same as being starved for food, because both left a hollow place inside you, a place you needed filled to make it through another day. Rachel remembered how growing up she’d thought living on a farm with just a father was as lonely as you could be. (130)