Last year when my grandma fell and broke her hip she couldn't paint her toenails anymore. So my grandpa started doing it for her, even after he fell and broke his hip, too. For me, that's love. — David Ebershoff Copy Share Image
Isn't it interesting what a stranger can offer? A little wisdom, a little mercy, a little love. — David Ebershoff Copy Share
“There is nothing more alarming to a boy than seeing a mother, or a father, buckling. It says to him that all will not… — David Ebershoff Copy Share
“Even though she was sitting next to the man, she couldn't believe he had noticed her. It felt to her as if no one… — David Ebershoff Copy Share
“My duty, I know, is to lead. I cannot offer an array of options. I must offer a long but narrow path to Salvation,… — David Ebershoff Copy Share
“I suppose my greatest disappointment has been realizing my father, like Joseph and Brigham before him, tried to shroud his passions in the mantle… — David Ebershoff Copy Share
I trust you have seen the ocean. If you have, then you have witnessed the divine. How barren the ground is in comparison! If… — David Ebershoff Copy Share
Last year when my grandma fell and broke her hip she couldn't paint her toenails anymore. So my grandpa started doing it for her,… — David Ebershoff Copy Share
“A final note on numbers: My research shows Ann Eliza was most likely Brigham's 52 of 55 wives. As far as I can tell,… — David Ebershoff Copy Share
“Faith, I tell them, is a mystery, elusive to many, and never easy to explain.” — David Ebershoff Copy Share
The agony of martyrdom is almost too much to bear. In the early hours, when the loss is fresh, there is no comfort in… — David Ebershoff Copy Share
“When my mom pulled the trigger my dad had a full house, three fives and a pair of ducks. He was all in. The… — David Ebershoff Copy Share
“Do you know what I miss most about Rosemary? Simply knowing she was there.” — David Ebershoff Copy Share
“Anna's voice wasn't a beautiful voice - rough edged and sorrowful, a bit used, somehow male and female at once. Yet it had more… — David Ebershoff Copy Share
“Isn't a gay Mormon like an oxymoron?' 'Do I look like an oxymoron to you?' 'An oxymormon.” — David Ebershoff Copy Share
I must say a few words about memory. It is full of holes. If you were to lay it out upon a table, it… — David Ebershoff Copy Share
