Brooklyn: A Novel Quotes

As their mother's pension was small, they depended on Rose, who worked in the office of Davis's Mills; her wages paid for most of their needs. (1.86)

Elias was proud of her sister, of how much care she took with her appearance and how much care she put into whom she mixed with in the town and the golf club. (1.87)

Father Flood was tall; his accent was a mixture of Irish and American. (1.164)

And then it occurred to her that she was already feeling that she would need to remember this room, her sister, this scene, as though from a distance. (1.186)

As each customer came into the shop [...] Miss Kelly had a different tone. Sometimes she said nothing [...] And then there were customers whom she greeted warmly and by name. (1.80)

She had a sense too [...] that, while the boys and girls from the town who had gone to England did ordinary work for ordinary money, people who went to America could become rich. (1.188)

Later, during the week [...] she forgot what she was looking forward to and sometimes she actually believed that she was looking forward to thinking about home. (3.349)

Miss Kelly was the only one who mentioned the possibility of her coming home on holidays. No one else mentioned it. (1.215)