books

I love words.

Below, some words by others that have made an impression on me in one way or another. They are not just quotes from some website but from books I’ve known and loved. By listing them here I’m saying … go on, find yourself a copy!

[other pages I love: goodreads.com (list your books, share your recs) & bookmooch.com (pass along the used edition)]

“Like fanning through a deck of cards, my mind flashes on the thousand chances, trivial to profound, that converged to re-create this place. Any arbitrary turning along the way and I would be elsewhere; I would be different.”
– Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes

“Your first foreign country speaks to you as no subsequent one can.”
– Expat: Women’s True Tales of Life Abroad

“There’s no reason to feel sad on such a beautiful day when you have your whole life ahead of you. That’s what grown-ups say. She pictures her life rolled out ahead of her like a highway. How do you know when you’re actually traveling along your life that was ahead of you but is now beneath your feet? How many more miles?”
- The Way the Crow Flies by Anne Marie MacDonald

“A scowling gray universe relieved by pastry. This was my first impression of Paris, and of them all, it was not the farthest from the truth.”
- Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik