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1 " Kalamata, no one knows what they're doing. It's called life. "
― Jenna Evans Welch , Love & Olives (Love & Gelato, #3)
2 " Do you know what I love the most about this place? You are never quite alone when you are in a bookstore. So many voices are jammed into one place, it is impossible to feel alone. "
3 " But some people are worth second chances. Not all people. Just some people. "
4 " But it's a good rule, Kalamata. Enjoy the moment, then carry the memories with you as a souvenir. It's my life mantra. "
5 " Book air is the best air. "
6 " He said that there are two types of silence, the silence that is empty and the silence that is full, and it’s never hard to figure out which one you’re dealing with. "
7 " It's Olive. She's my Atlantis. "
8 " Difficult is not the opposite of good "
9 " You never quite alone when you are in a bookstore. So many voices are jammed into one place, it is impossible to feel alone. "
10 " Simply being alive is a long shot. And art isn’t your future; it’s your today. It’s in the way you do everything. "
11 " What does making money have to do with art? You don’t make art to make money. And you don’t make it because it’s convenient. You do it because it’s what you’re here to do, and if you don’t do it, you are running from yourself. "
12 " How old are you anyway? Like, forty? What was it like to have a pet dinosaur? Did it ever bite you? "
13 " Sometimes moving forward is as simple as admitting what you already know. "
14 " I hadn't found the map. I'd been gifted the map. And that was a big difference, wasn't it? A tiny window opened up in my chest. Not all the way, but enough to let some sunlight in. "
15 " My mom once told me that it's difficult for kids to recognize their parents as anything but supporting cast members in their own feature films, and here it was true. I'd been so wrapped up in my own story with my father that I hadn't stopped to think about what his story was. "
16 " I knew it was silly, but I cried when I said goodbye to the oregano and rosemary, and then wrote a note for the new owners with my dad's secret for growing plants: "PLANTS GROW FASTER IF YOU TALK TO THEM. THESE ONES LIKE KNOCK-KNOCK JOKES THE BEST. "
17 " There’s an awkward like, Can we continue on our merry little way and pretend this never happened? and then there’s an awkward like, Do you happen to know of any nondormant volcanoes that I could throw myself into, because that seems to be my only remaining option? "
18 " It had probably been passed through my DNA, but I had a serious appetite for seafood. James always joked that there was nothing the sea could cook up that I wouldn't at least try. He was right. My dad and I had eaten fish every chance we got. "
19 " At dinnertime, Bapou brought us a covered plate of spanakopita and two honey-sweet kataïfi pastries made from shredded phyllo dough. He and Theo exchanged a few words, and then he patted my head softly. 'Beautiful. Welcome to Santorini.'His voice was uncharacteristically subdued, and I saw the meaning in his eyes. I'm sorry your father is ill. "
20 " What was there to worry about? It's not like I was an active aquaphobic carrying nine years of emotional baggage onto a boat held together by duct tape. "