"Patina" Quotes
A talented young runner navigates challenges on and off the track while finding her place on her relay team.
middle grade | 233 pages | Published in 2017
Quotes
You can't run from who you are, Patina. You can't run from what's inside you. You never could.
The truth is, if you don't sprint through life, people will think you're running from it.
Running helps you face the truth. Running helps you love yourself.
I'm not running to win races. I'm running to survive.
Running ain't nothing but moving from one foot to the other, but it's also the most important thing in the world.
The running is what's important. The rest is just the noise of the world.
We're all running from something, Patina. And that's okay.
Sometimes you gotta be selfish in a world that's trying to take everything from you.
Running ain't easy, but it's better than the alternative.
The track don't care who I am. It just wants me to run.
