Steve Pemberton > Quotes

“Books for me were what the ocean is to the fearless explorer-deep and mysterious, boundless and soothing. I loved the smell of books, the feel of their weight in my hands, the rustle of the pages as I turned them, the magnificent illustrations on the covers that promised hidden treasures within.”
― Steve Pemberton, A CHANCE IN THE WORLD: An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home

“What makes a family is neither the absence of tragedy nor the ability to hide from misfortune, but the courage to overcome it and, from that broken past, write a new beginning.”
― Steve Pemberton, A CHANCE IN THE WORLD: An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home

“Those stories helped me realize that, although tragedy and loss are regrettably commonplace, we aren’t measured by what happens to us but rather by how we respond to it.”
― Steve Pemberton, A Chance in the World

“I did not look like my story. I would respond by saying that none of us really do; it is impossible to tell, from a single glance, the journeys someone has traveled, the experiences that have made them who they are.”
― Steve Pemberton, A Chance in the World

“... a man could build whatever monuments he wanted in the worlds of politics, sports, entertainment, and business, but if they come at the expense of his children, then he has failed. Once the attention fades and the crowds stop cheering his name and his accomplishments are little more than fine print in a history book, the only thing that truly survives him is his child. That is his legacy. That is what defines him. All else is but a footnote.”
― Steve Pemberton, A CHANCE IN THE WORLD: An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home

“Immeasurable voids and endless questions are often created when a father deliberately abandons his child. Far too often, those empty spaces are filled by opportunists who see that vulnerability as something to exploit.”
― Steve Pemberton, A Chance in the World

“been”
― Steve Pemberton, A Chance in the World

“There was so much I wanted them to know: that I loved them with all that I was; that I would travel this path a thousand times, knowing it would bring me to their bedsides; that they had righted every wrong in my life; that being their father had quieted my soul.”
― Steve Pemberton

“mystery.”
― Steve Pemberton, A Chance in the World (Young Readers Edition) Discussion Guide: An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home

“homes,”
― Steve Pemberton, A Chance in the World (Young Readers Edition) Discussion Guide: An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home

“I'd come away from intense scenes of family pride and emotion between fathers and children and would conclude that a man could build whatever monuments he wanted in the worlds of politics, sports, entertainment, and business, but if they come at the expense of his children, then he has failed. Once the attention fades and the crowds stop cheering his name and his accomplishments are little more than fine print in a history book, the only thing that truly survives him is his child. That is his legacy. That is what defines him. All else is but a footnote.”
― Steve Pemberton

“memories,”
― Steve Pemberton, A Chance in the World (Young Readers Edition) Discussion Guide: An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home

“helped”
― Steve Pemberton, A Chance in the World (Young Readers Edition) Discussion Guide: An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home