Aimee Friedman quotes
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“When people went on vacation, they shed their home skins, thought they could be a new person.”
-- Aimee FriedmanSource : Aimee Friedman (2009). “Sea Change”, p.107, Scholastic Inc.
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“By not asking too much, you can believe in almost anything..like..a starry night in the mountains, or even the existence of fate.”
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“It struck me then how much the past - not just the past but history and family - was like the ocean tide. It was always the same ocean, but the waves made it fresh and new each time.”
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“...Promises are more dangerous then secrets.”
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“My skin prickled and I looked back at the ocean. None of us ask for the things we inherit; they are thrust upon us, willy-nilly. Like The Marine, I suddenly understood. Mom and I weren't trespassing. This house was ours. This view was ours. And that seemed as absurd and unreal as the stories Sailor Hat had spun for me on the ferry.”
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“Come find me," Leo put in, his gaze full of understanding. "Whenever you want. I'll be here.”
-- Aimee FriedmanSource : Aimee Friedman (2012). “Ocean of Secrets”, p.97, Scholastic UK
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“I couldn't think. The basics of my life seemed altered and thrown into question. After all, our families--our ancestors--are our identities. Biology is destiny. I'm not who you think I am, I had said to T.J. the last time I'd seen him. Maybe I wasn't who I'd thought I was either.”
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“Summer-induced stupidity. That was the diagnosis...”
-- Aimee FriedmanSource : Aimee Friedman (2012). “Ocean of Secrets”, p.148, Scholastic UK
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“I watched the land for as long as I could, until it disappeared behind its shawl of mist, and until I had it fixed in my mind - unchanged, mysterious and beautiful”
-- Aimee FriedmanSource : Aimee Friedman (2009). “Sea Change”, p.198, Scholastic Inc.
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Source : "The Green Fields of the Mind," Yale Alumni Magazine, Nov. 1977
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Source : Ada Louise Huxtable (2010). “On Architecture: Collected Reflections on a Century of Change”, p.462, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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“Sometimes the greatest meals on vacations are the ones you find when Plan A falls through.”
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Source : Ben Ames Williams (1944). “Leave Her to Heaven”
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