"The Beach" Quotes
A young backpacker discovers a hidden paradise in Thailand, but the idyllic community ultimately reveals its dark underbelly.
fiction | 436 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
And me? I still believe in paradise. But now at least I know it's not some place you can look for. Because it's not where you go. It's how you feel for a moment in your life when you're a part of something, and if you find that moment... It lasts forever.
I just feel so damn lost and I don't know how to find myself.
It's a funny thing about comin' home. Looks the same, smells the same, feels the same. You'll realize what's changed is you.
I am not afraid of sharks, just in case you were worried.
I'm not sure if I'm searching for something or if I'm running away.
Every human relationship begins with a coincidence.
I should have listened to the trees. They knew how to be still.
I don't know how or why this happens, but it does. I need someone to show me my place in all this, to give me a reason, and I don't know how to find them.
The only thing that's real to me is this moment, here and now. The only thing I can do is live it, or sit in the dark and watch it happen.
Adventure is a path. Real adventure—self-determined, self-motivated, often risky—forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world.





