Malena

“There are things we find only at our lowest depths. The idea of wings and then wings themselves. An ocean worth crossing one dark mile at a time. The whole of the sky. And whatever suffering has come is the necessary cost of such wonders, as Karen once said, the beautiful thrashing we do when we live.”
― Paula McLain, Circling the Sun

“Miwanzo is the word in Swahili for “beginnings.” But sometimes everything has to end first and the bottom drop out and every light fizzle and die before a proper beginning can come along.”
― Paula McLain, Circling the Sun

“How close people could be to us when they had gone as far away as possible, to the edges of the map. How unforgettable.”
― Paula McLain, Circling the Sun

“I know the average outfit in your wardrobe costs more than a semester of tuition at Princeton, but it makes you look like a community college during summertime: NO CLASS.”
― Kevin Kwan, China Rich Girlfriend