A Collection of Beauties at the Height of Their Popularity Quotes

“S___ likes being around other people; she just isn't particularly comfortable talking to them. She supposes that she is some variety of voyeur, enjoying the spectacle, breathing in the atmosphere, while experiencing uneasiness when asked to become part of it. None of this makes her unhappy. The life of a wallflower, she often thinks, is not such a terrible life.”
― Whitney Otto, A Collection of Beauties at the Height of Their Popularity

“There must be some place along the route, a halfway house in time, where the runners may pause and ask themselves why they run, what is the prize and is it the prize they really want?”
― Whitney Otto, A Collection of Beauties at the Height of Their Popularity

“Another thing they knew and shared and believed was that no one could really help anyone else, that sadness is solitude, but you could love someone, without reservation or fanfare, just love them without expecting anything in return and, sometimes, it would be enough.”
― Whitney Otto, A Collection of Beauties at the Height of Their Popularity

“But if you don’t own, you will move. Maybe not today or next year, but at some point.It makes notions of home and refuge seem useless and foolhardy. It makes you never want to get attached. And being unattached to one’s home can exhaust a person.”
― Whitney Otto, A Collection of Beauties at the Height of Their Popularity

“In India, women paint prayers on the ground outside their homes each morning. Daily events (people walking, the weather) ensure their disappearance in the evening.”
― Whitney Otto, A Collection of Beauties at the Height of Their Popularity