"A Piece of the World" Quotes
"A Piece of the World" by Christina Baker Kline is a novel that tells the story of the woman in Andrew Wyeth's famous painting, "Christina's World."
historical fiction | 320 pages | Published in 2017
Quotes
There is nothing worse than living a life without hope.
The truth is that we don't know what will happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.
It's the things you don't choose that make you who you are.
We can only learn to love by loving.
It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours.
Every great artist has his or her critics.
We are all of us a great deal luckier than we realize, we usually get what we want - or near enough.
Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate to say that for destruction ice is also great and would suffice.
It's not enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle.
People are always struggling to find something new, something different. But I think that in the end, we're all just looking for a place to belong.





