Wanting Quotes

“She was too scared to really reach for anything, so she settled for what she received.”
― Claire Jia, Wanting

“Greatness always ends, with time, with distance, with death. But ordinary is everlasting. Ordinary is the morning light. Ordinary is a wave to your neighbor.”
― Claire Jia, Wanting

“Greatness is elusive; it is not meant to last long; even when you attain it you spend the rest of your life trying to keep it.”
― Claire Jia, Wanting