The California Dreamers Quotes

“Each wave is the ocean pushing us back to land, commanding us to go, be mortal gain. But every time we paddle back out we're saying, 'Not yet, please. Not just yet.”
― Amy Mason Doan, The California Dreamers

“That picture had been taken so long ago, in another life, that the girl is a stranger.
Her stance is wide, confident...she gazes off to her right so you can see her determined profile, and her sunlit hair, never cut, is a wild, bright mass dancing in the wind.”
― Amy Mason Doan, The California Dreamers

“Is DREAMERS the truth?
It captures something truthful. The joy of racing from what doesn't matter toward what does, surrounded by the tiny group of people on the planet who understand you...
But capturing something truthful isn't the same as telling the truth.”
― Amy Mason Doan, The California Dreamers

“Citizens. That's what Cap calls people who stay put, who have regular jobs. Who go to school. When he's feeling sorry for them, Cap calls them SSNs. Social Security Numbers.
When I was little, I used to think he was saying "assassins.”
― Amy Mason Doan, The California Dreamers