Noraly Schoenmaker > Quotes

“I have never tried that before, so I think I should definitely be able to do that,” had supposedly been said once by Pippi Longstocking, but Mireille actually lived it.”
― Noraly Schoenmaker, Free Ride

“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form” and “You are not meant for crawling, so don’t. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly.”
― Noraly Schoenmaker, Free Ride

“my unshakable trust in my own capacity for destruction, turned out to be my salvation.”
― Noraly Schoenmaker, Free Ride

“though I knew that a regime was usually not representative of the population itself. Even in democracies, there are times when leaders are elected that leave you wondering how on earth they might have been chosen.”
― Noraly Schoenmaker, Free Ride

“I’d lost count of the number of people who had helped me without question, refusing my offers of payment, and was overcome by a sense of shame. When was the last time I had given a stranger that much help and love without expecting anything in return?”
― Noraly Schoenmaker, Free Ride