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1 " Expectations are the enemy of happiness. "
― Kimberley Freeman , Ember Island
2 " Perhaps that was the reason she felt so hemmed in. Islands were places in between; places neither here nor there, but rather places on the way somewhere. That was how she felt. Not settled. "
3 " a slowly eroding hope in her heart. Travelers "
4 " Do we honor the past by projecting ourselves forward into the future? By carrying on genes and traits and family stories? "
5 " He had become entwined with my memory of that experience, that deep and thrilling moment. "
6 " down to mop up the water with the dress she "
7 " business. ‘Come,’ she said. ‘Up. "