Caryn > Caryn's Quotes

“She brought forth a piece of wood into which she had burned a French saying which our friend Franz had used to cheer us, in Osterburg: La vie est belle, et elle commence demain. “Life is beautiful, and it begins tomorrow.”
― Edith Hahn Beer a, The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived The Holocaust

“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“Every window in Alcatraz has a view of San Francisco. ”
― Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted

“But the thing about remembering is that you don't forget.”
― Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried

“Are you a politician or does lying just run in your family?”
― Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

“Rule number one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
― John Berendt, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

“I had absolutely no interest in being somebody else's muse.
I am not a muse.
I am the somebody.
End of fucking story.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six