“Small boundaries broken, snapped like tiny twigs, so many that June barely noticed he was coming for the whole tree.”
― Malibu Rising
― Malibu Rising
“Our family histories are simply stories. They are myths we create about the people who came before us, in order to make sense of ourselves.”
― Malibu Rising
― Malibu Rising
“Just because it is in Malibu's nature to burn, so was it in one particular person's nature to set fire and walk away.”
― Malibu Rising
― Malibu Rising
“That is the thing about the water, it is not yours to control. You are at the mercy of nature. That’s what makes surfing feel like more than sport: It requires destiny to be on your side, the ocean must favor you.”
― Malibu Rising
― Malibu Rising
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that’s all.”
― They Both Die at the End
― They Both Die at the End
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