The Prospectors Quotes

“After all, what was there to lose? He was ninety-three. This might be the last grand, exciting thing in his life that he wanted to do. He was not a child, who, by doing something unsafe, gambles a lifetime. He might die tomorrow, in California, watching syndicated court shows on TV. If there was a chance to meet Winnie and revisit the place that had been the seed of his wealth, then maybe the right attitude was: let him.”
― Ariel Djanikian, The Prospectors

“They reached the hill's crest. Alice speaking. Ethel facing ahead. A wide swath of ocean appeared beneath the swatch of sky. While at their backs, like something cinched to their necks, was the whole of their country.”
― Ariel Djanikian, The Prospectors

“How easy it was to adjust to extravagance.”
― Ariel Djanikian, The Prospectors

“Secrets have a way of nudging against their enclosures and bumping playfully against the walls.”
― Ariel Djanikian, The Prospectors