"The Road from Coorain" Quotes
"The Road from Coorain" is a memoir about Jill Ker Conway's journey from her childhood on an Australian sheep farm to her academic achievements in America.
memoir | 238 pages | Published in 1989
Quotes
The only way to get anywhere is to take the next step, however small.
It was a relief to understand that one did not have to be a genius to be a good student.
The true nature of a self was infinite possibility.
The past was a foreign country and its customs were not easily learned.
It was both exhilarating and frightening to experience the force of one's own will.
The modern world was a curious place, full of wonders and conveniences.
The land was always there, and it was a place to be.
The silence was a gift, a space in which to breathe and think.
The landscape was a canvas of possibility, waiting to be filled with dreams.
The sky was a vast expanse of hope, stretching beyond the horizon.
