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> [“The accordion and the whores and the retching,' he said. 'That's our music.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/the-accordion-and-the-whores-and-the-retching-he-said-that-s-our-music/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

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## Other authors on Accordion

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## More by Paula McLain

> [“There are some who said I should have fought harder or longer than I did for my marriage, but in the end fighting for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/there-are-some-who-said-i-should-have-fought-harder-or-longer-than-i/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [I hope we'll get lucky enough to grow old together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/i-hope-we-ll-get-lucky-enough-to-grow-old-together/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [“That's what terrible, sordid situations did to you, made you act crazily, against your own truths, against yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/that-s-what-terrible-sordid-situations-did-to-you-made-you-act/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [“He didn't know how love managed to be a garden one moment and war the next.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/he-didn-t-know-how-love-managed-to-be-a-garden-one-moment-and-war-the/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [Books could be an incredible adventure. I stayed under my blanket and barely moved, and no one would have guessed how my mind raced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/books-could-be-an-incredible-adventure-i-stayed-under-my-blanket-and/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [People belong to each other only as long as they both believe. He stopped believing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/people-belong-to-each-other-only-as-long-as-they-both-believe-he/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [I miss good old-fashioned honorable people just trying to make something of life. Simply, without hurting anyone else. I know that makes me a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/i-miss-good-old-fashioned-honorable-people-just-trying-to-make/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [... and yet he could also be very charming, in a bookish, infinitely apologetic way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/and-yet-he-could-also-be-very-charming-in-a-bookish-infinitely/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [“It was august. for years it was august … . there was heat like wet gauze and a high, white sky and music coming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/it-was-august-for-years-it-was-august-there-was-heat-like-wet-gauze/)

[Paula Mclain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [“If you're ready to make the mad dash I'm game.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/if-you-re-ready-to-make-the-mad-dash-i-m-game/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [“We knew what we had and what it meant, and though so much had happened since for both of us, there was nothing like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/we-knew-what-we-had-and-what-it-meant-and-though-so-much-had-happened/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [“There are things I didn't see before, like how nice it is to have someone around. Not the white knight whisking you away, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/there-are-things-i-didn-t-see-before-like-how-nice-it-is-to-have/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [“That's obviously, isn't it?' she said. 'A hawk is always a hawk, except'- and here she raised on heavy eyebrow and gave a mysterious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/that-s-obviously-isn-t-it-she-said-a-hawk-is-always-a-hawk-except-and/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [“I hope we’ll get lucky enough to grow old together. You see them on the street, those couples who’ve been married so long you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/i-hope-we-ll-get-lucky-enough-to-grow-old-together-you-see-them-on/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

> [“It was terrible to feel so empty, as if I were nothing. Why couldn't I be happy? And just what was happines anyway?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-mclain/it-was-terrible-to-feel-so-empty-as-if-i-were-nothing-why-couldn-t-i/)

[Paula McLain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-mclain/)

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