Clover's Child

it just made her feel more homesick, more isolated and more desperate. It was as if she was lost – where was she? And how could she be homesick for a home that no longer existed except as a fantasy.

War makes people wicked.

That when happiness is taken at the expense of someone else’s and the consequence is misery for them, it’s not right. It’s too high a price

She had watched the hands of her alarm clock inside its red leather travel case shuffle around until dawn, trying to fathom how such a revelation of pure joy and happiness could turn into a nightmare within a few hours.