Connie Lapallo > Quotes

“... I considered those who had come before me. They are like a river, I thought, and the river is me. Like drops of water, their blood was mine. A verse formed in my head: All their eyes are upon me. They are me.”
― Connie Lapallo, Dark Enough to See the Stars in a Jamestown Sky

“You have to laugh, Joan. If you don't find things to laugh about, you'll find nothing to make you happy. It's cold and all but hopeless, sure. No one can deny that. But one day, the sun will shine again, and the hunger and pain will be over as it was before. We don't know how we'll get through, but we will somehow.”
― Connie Lapallo, The Sun Is But A Morning Star

“An adventurer goes to a faraway place to see what is out there. But a pilgrim goes to a faraway place to see what is in here." I patted my heart.”
― Connie Lapallo, Dark Enough to See the Stars in a Jamestown Sky

“All the world spins on good performed in secret, which sleeps like a seed in darkness and blooms with the dawn.”
― Connie Lapallo, Dark Enough to See the Stars in a Jamestown Sky

“Dearest friends keep one warm, howe'er bitter the weather.”
― Connie Lapallo, The Sun Is But A Morning Star

“... Both are terrible, hopeless situations where fate has wrested all control from your hands. Yet you two dared confront fate, to say. 'We're not done yet.' You said to fate, 'You may control our circumstance but not what we think, not who we are, not how we react.' Fate gives to those who challenge it. It must. To be so bold is remarkable, whether you know it or not.”
― Connie Lapallo, The Sun Is But A Morning Star

“Because only when you risk, can you find the reward, just as my father had taught me. One can stay home and avoid the pirates, or get on the ocean and experience life.”
― Connie Lapallo, The Sun Is But A Morning Star