The Sky Beneath Us Quotes

“life is not about finding yourself – it’s about creating the person you want to be.”
― Fiona Valpy, The Sky Beneath Us

“some things can’t be mended, but perhaps they can be reshaped into something even more beautiful.”
― Fiona Valpy, The Sky Beneath Us

“But it’s what we’re all doing in this life – coming and going, loving and losing, living and dying. In the end, we’re all just walking each other home, aren’t we? Finding our way along the paths of life, sometimes alone, sometimes in the company of others, until we find a way to let go. This is what our faith is for. Because this is where all paths eventually lead.”
― Fiona Valpy, The Sky Beneath Us

“Sometimes you just have to throw your heart into the river of life and dive in after it.”
― Fiona Valpy, The Sky Beneath Us

“But it’s what we’re all doing in this life – coming and going”
― Fiona Valpy, The Sky Beneath Us

“My mother often used to say that life is not about finding yourself – it’s about creating the person you want to be. Life doesn’t always give us answers. She taught me we have to accept there are some things we can’t understand, and in the end our lives will be defined by what we do with that fact – how we accept it and pick ourselves up, facing reality and adapting to it, rather than denying or ignoring it.”
― Fiona Valpy, The Sky Beneath Us

“Journey far, but travel within.”
― Fiona Valpy, The Sky Beneath Us

“this life – coming and going, loving and losing, living and dying. In the end, we’re all just walking each other home, aren’t we? Finding our way along the paths of life, sometimes alone, sometimes in the company of others, until we find a way to let go. This is what”
― Fiona Valpy, The Sky Beneath Us

“But it’s what we’re all doing in this life – coming and going, loving and losing, living and dying. In the end, we’re all just walking each other home, aren’t we?”
― Fiona Valpy, The Sky Beneath Us

“Accepting where we are and focusing on finding the goodness in every day can go a long way to getting us out of that downward spiral of suffering.”
― Fiona Valpy, The Sky Beneath Us

“both lost and found more than I ever”
― Fiona Valpy, The Sky Beneath Us

“life falls apart; and maybe some things can’t be mended, but perhaps they can be reshaped into something even more beautiful.”
― Fiona Valpy, The Sky Beneath Us

“Because it’s only when we stop clinging on to the plans we’ve made that we step on to the middle way – the way of the unknown. We call this the sacred path of the warrior.’ He must notice the uncertainty in my expression because he reaches into a pocket beneath his robes and brings out a length of fine red string.”
― Fiona Valpy, The Sky Beneath Us

“afterwards he left Aultbea for good. I think it broke Elspeth’s heart to see him go, but she said she couldn’t bear seeing him so sad and so lost and she’d rather he went away to find his happiness if it wasn’t to be found at home. Jack took”
― Fiona Valpy, The Sky Beneath Us