“I suppose my greatest disappointment has been realizing my father, like Joseph and Brigham before him, tried to shroud his passions in the mantle of religion. He used God to defend his adultery. --- Ann Eliza Young, page 253” — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“Faith, I tell them, is a mystery, elusive to many, and never easy to explain.” — David Ebershoff Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“Do you know what I miss most about Rosemary? Simply knowing she was there.” — David Ebershoff Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“Isn't a gay Mormon like an oxymoron?' 'Do I look like an oxymoron to you?' 'An oxymormon.” — David Ebershoff Copy Share Image
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 Image
![“I must say a few words about memory. It is full of holes. If you were to lay it out upon a table, it would resemble a scrap of lace. I am a lover of history . . . [but] history has one flaw. It is a subjective art, no less so than poetry or music. . . . The historian writes a truth. The memoirist…” quote by David Ebershoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/53d/david-ebershoff-29756_art_i-must-say-a-few-words-about-memory-it-i_2971298.jpg)