Michaela DePrince > Quotes

“We were blessed, and with blessing comes responsibility.”
― Michaela DePrince, Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina

“I was graceful in the ballet studio, but elsewhere I was always tripping and running into things. And I was constantly spilling food on my clothes.”
― Michaela DePrince, Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina

“At that time there weren’t a lot of little boys taking ballet, so some of the girls had been cast as Party Boys. They were often the ones crying. It seemed that nobody wanted to be a Party Boy.”
― Michaela DePrince, Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina