"The Rest of the Story" Quotes
A young girl reconnects with her estranged family and navigates the complexities of her dual identity during a transformative summer.
young adult | 440 pages | Published in 2019
Quotes
Sometimes the hardest part of existing without your mom is that you still have to exist.
Family was family, whether you knew them or not.
But as I looked out at the water, I realized there was no grand solution to everything, no one right answer to anything.
I guess that's how the future is sometimes. Unknowable. But that doesn't mean you can't go in swinging.
I had to be my own hero now.
Sometimes you don't have to know where you're going, just that you're going.
Maybe that's what life is. A collection of moments all strung together, like beads on a necklace.
Sometimes the most important thing you can do is just show up.
Maybe it's not about knowing everything. Maybe it's about knowing enough.
You can't know what you'll find until you go looking.





