Alma Katsu Quotes

United States, Writer
November 29, 1959

Alma Katsu is an American writer of adult fiction. Her best-known work is The Taker, a literary novel with historical and fantasy elements that was published in 2011 and recognized as one of the ten best debut novels of the year by the American Library Association. Her books have been translated into over a dozen languages, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Spain and Italy.

Sometimes only pain can obliterate pain.

Alma Katsu
- Pain
- Obliterate
And it´s so different for a lot of people I´ve known. One partner doesn´t love the other enough to stop drinking, or gambling, or running around with other women. One is the giver and one is the taker. The giver wishes the taker would stop.

Alma Katsu
- Giver
- Taker

The true measure of a man is how he behaves when death is close.

Alma Katsu
- Man
- Measure
- Behaves
Men hid behind religion to keep others from seeing how frightened they were, how inept.

Alma Katsu
- Men
- Religion
- Hid
I’d always secretly believed that a love as fierce and true as mine would be rewarded in the end, and now I was being forced to accept the bitter truth.

Alma Katsu
- Love
- Truth
- End
She knew that one extraordinary thing was bound to make the ordinariness of her life all the more painful.

Alma Katsu
The world was fragile. One day, growth; the next day, kindling.

Alma Katsu
- World
- Growth
- Kindling
And love was like forgiveness – deep and patient. It would be waiting for her on the other side.

Alma Katsu
- Love
- Waiting
- Forgiveness

Then the Lord must be mightily displeased with you, because he has led you into the valley of death. Make peace with your Lord before it is too late, because the hungry ones are coming for you.

Alma Katsu
- Peace
- Lord
- Make
But like many truths, no one wanted to hear it.

Alma Katsu
- Wanted
- Hear
- Truths