22 quotes found
“Progress is hard on history.”
“Silence, too, can be torture.”
“To dream is to starve doubt, feed hope.”
“Safe, I decided, didn't leave much room for fun.”
“how many times had I begged Mom to divorce him already?”
“Getting lost is just another way of saying 'going exploring.”
“What would it be like to look in the mirror and actually accept what you see? Not loathe the reflection, or despise it, or be resigned to it? But to like it?”
“If art made you think, then this was Art. Staring at the ball, made of layers and layers of cloth, I wondered about the glass marble at its heart. What if you wanted to reach that marble? Make sure...”
“When the creative impulse sweeps over you, grab it. You grab it and honor it and use it, because momentum is a rare gift.”
“There must be a few times in life when you stand at a precipice of a decision. When you know there will forever be a Before and an After...I knew there would be no turning back if I designated this...”
“Flawed, we're truly interesting, truly memorable, and yes, truly beautiful.”
“This is beautiful," I said, ignoring the shop window to trace the gleaming stone walls fronting another boutique."You know what's funny?" Jacob asked. He didn't wait for my answer. "You can see bea...”
“What swells inside me is a love so boundless, I am the sunrise and sunset. I am Liberty Bell in the Cascades. I am Beihai Lake. I am every beautiful, truly beautiful, thing I've ever seen, captured...”
“I preferred my brand of beauty where Norah was more beautiful than any bimbette, and Mom was beautiful whether sized extra-small or extra-large. Where Peony could look at herself in the mirror and ...”
“From her dubious tone alone, I could see how Karin had no idea how terrifying words spoken quietly could be. How words chosen precisely to wreak maximum damage ticked like a bomb in your head, but ...”
“My confidence was of the hothouse variety, carefully cultivated under highly regulated conditions. One wrong look, one mean comment, and my facade would wither.”
“Jacob: "Let her stare."Terra: "What?"Jacob: "Yeah most of the starers are just curious. Smile back. That's what I used to do.”
“Hey, if it's a good philosophy, it works. Death is imminent. Live every day like it's your last.”
“I wondered about her chicken-and-egg relationship with Dad. Which came first? Her helplessness or his controlling?”
“North-ish." A pause, and then: "Is that Terra for I'm lost-ish?”
