Girl Braiding Her Hair Quotes

“a quote from Joseph Campbell, his favorite writer. “Life is like arriving late for a movie, having to figure out what was going on without bothering everybody with a lot of questions, and then being unexpectedly called away before you find out how it ends.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“I think of life as a book. It’s full of twists and turns. Some of it is comedy, some is tragedy. I’m not going to pause on the darkest chapter and reread it over and over. I don’t want to miss all the excitement that happens next. I want to keep turning the pages. I know there’ll be redemption and blessing and joy still. I trust that God is a good writer.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“No matter how great a devastation, recovery is always possible.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“She grew up speaking Limousin, a dialect of Occitan that people speak in the southwest of France. She had her learning before the Third Republic decided to modernize us all and forbid any other language than French at school.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“Of course you do. Sorrow and heartache have their time and place, but we shouldn’t give them everything.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“The world is changing so fast. I want to create something that will remain—of my world, of me, of the way I thought, of the way we lived.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“lamenting how unfair life can be to those of us who possess a free spirit.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“Why is it sinful for a woman to enjoy life and have a few happy moments, to own her body instead of letting her every action be dictated by men?”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“I just want to do something creative.” I want to build something, a process where along the way I can also build a new me. I need something big, something all-consuming. I need this project to save me.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“Fun fact. When the Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911, Picasso was accused and interrogated. He didn’t steal the painting, but he did have two Iberian statues in his apartment that were stolen from the Louvre.” She notes my dropped chin. “I refuse to apologize for being an art nerd.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“She was one indomitable woman.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“When determined women put their heads together,” she calls back, “nothing and nobody in the universe can stand against them.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“Holding is more difficult than walking. Movement gives momentum, and momentum carries me forward and through. To stop is to wobble.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“I don’t know yet that sometimes it’s not a choice at all. Fate rolls the dice. And then your dream will be taken in a blink.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“Still, I don’t want to understand the rich half as much as I want to be them.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“It’s easy to be fearless at fifteen. The older you get, the more you realize life can deal out some deep shit. Pardon my French.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“I do what I always do, watch the men who’ve come to paint the mill. And keep an eye out for the nuns. Sometimes they chase after me.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“This is how change happens—in a blink. You know it’s coming, you know it’s coming, then you blink, and you are in a new world, the door behind you sealed, no return.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“I want someone to tell me that it’s going to work out. That I won’t lose my mind, or myself. That I won’t fall apart.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“The only question, through all life’s endless battles. What are you going to do about it? No other question exists. It should be stapled on telephone poles down on every street. Not How will I get over this? Not Why me? Not Why is life unfair?”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“My grandmother was the same. She used to tell me that there was no safe in life. The adventure of life is just that—an adventure.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“Sorrow and heartache have their time and place, but we shouldn’t give them everything.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“Anyway, according to Agatha Christie, whose biography was last month’s book club read, to rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness, so I refuse to explain.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“My gravestone will not say if only. My gravestone will say she dared.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“can’t change the past, but… The present moment is mine to mold. And the future grows from the present.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“When people marry young, sometimes, they’re not done growing yet. Then they end up growing in different directions. It’s nobody’s fault.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“The five stages of grief are: You’re so heartbroken you think you’ll die. You’re so heartbroken you think you’ll die. You’re so heartbroken you think you’ll die. You’re so heartbroken you think you’ll die. You don’t die.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“To live is to risk. To hide from life is to fade away. We must swing on the trapeze, or we’ll never fly. And without flying, what is life worth? I want to fly, even if I might crash to the ground now and then.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

“A poor man isn’t allowed near any opportunity that would help him out of his poverty. While a rich man could commit murder and walk free.”
― Marta Molnar, Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot