A Piece of the World
Christina Baker Kline
Top 10 Best Quotes
“The older I get, the more I believe that the greatest kindness is acceptance.”
“What she wants most - what she truly yearns for - is what any of us want: to be seen.”
“This life of ours can feel an awful lot like waiting.”
“It's painful to hold out hope for the things that once brought you joy. You have to find ways to make yourself forget.”
“It is a terrible thing to find the love of your life.... You know too well what you're missing when it's gone.”
“This is like telling a person who has leapt off a cliff to be careful. I am already in midair.”
“I ... am left with the lingering feeling that the places we go in our minds to find comfort have little to do with where our bodies go.”
“You can live for a long time inside the shell you were born in. But one day it'll become too small." "Then what?" I ask. "Well, then you'll have to find a larger shell to live in." I consider this for a moment. "What if it's too small but you still want to live there?" She sighs. "Gracious, child, what a question. I suppose you'll either have to be brave and find a new home or you'll have to live inside a broken shell.”
“To get it all done I have to dim my brain, turn it down by notches like the flat-turn knob on a gas lantern, leaving only a nub of flame.”
“That man would have chipped away at your heart bit by bit until there was nothing left. It may have been bruised, but at least it's whole.”
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