Raising The Titanic Quotes

“Poetry is nearer to truth than history.” “Plato.”
― Marta Molnar, Raising The Titanic: A powerful novel of resilience and hope, inspired by a true story

“I was a child during the Civil War. I do not remember much of it, except for my father waxing poetic about which side was the patriots and what being a patriot meant. As an adult, I gave the question thought. For me, patriotism is the love of one’s country.” My fellow travelers nod. “And what is my country if not other Americans?” I go on. “I am determined to prove my patriotism by loving other Americans, all of them. Even the ones whose beliefs differ from mine. It is my quiet rebellion when others want to divide us and tear us apart.”
― Marta Molnar, Raising The Titanic: A powerful novel of resilience and hope, inspired by a true story

“It’s part of the human condition to have impossible dreams. What’s the definition of courage if it’s not to reach for the impossible instead of settling for something safe? I live in a country and at a time where I am free to choose the direction of my life. I shall choose to be brave.”
― Marta Molnar, Raising The Titanic: A powerful novel of resilience and hope, inspired by a true story

“Forward movement is as easy or difficult as you make it. The time is never right or optimal for anything. Perfect doesn’t exist. You take the step because you decide to take it.”
― Marta Molnar, Raising The Titanic: A powerful novel of resilience and hope, inspired by a true story

“You don’t find yourself. You build yourself. You must create the person you want to be.”
― Marta Molnar, Raising The Titanic: A powerful novel of resilience and hope, inspired by a true story

“Does the fierce opposition not scare you, Mrs. Candee?” “Why should it? I promise you, I shall survive people’s disapproval. I survived the sinking of the Titanic.”
― Marta Molnar, Raising The Titanic: A powerful novel of resilience and hope, inspired by a true story

“You are fifty-four years old, and a grandmother. Will you now withdraw to focus on your family?”
― Marta Molnar, Raising The Titanic: A powerful novel of resilience and hope, inspired by a true story

“Human fortitude is not distributed along the lines of sex. And neither is courage, nor intelligence.”
― Marta Molnar, Raising The Titanic: A powerful novel of resilience and hope, inspired by a true story

“Love is savage and tender, and a rose, and a knife. Love is hopeless, and the only hope we have.”
― Marta Molnar, Raising The Titanic: A powerful novel of resilience and hope, inspired by a true story

“In a world built for and ruled by men, where does one go for justice as a woman?”
― Marta Molnar, Raising The Titanic: A powerful novel of resilience and hope, inspired by a true story

“All I’m saying is, screw what other people might want from you, what will make people you’ve never even met yet happy. Try for the limitless. Wallow in whatever makes your heart sing.”
― Marta Molnar, Raising The Titanic: A powerful novel of resilience and hope, inspired by a true story

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― Marta Molnar, Raising The Titanic: A powerful novel of resilience and hope, inspired by a true story

“Progress and Poverty, a book about the increase of want with increase of wealth. Precisely what I have been pondering in the carriage. How is it possible that the more the economy booms and the more wealth our country has, the more poverty spreads?”
― Marta Molnar, Raising The Titanic: A powerful novel of resilience and hope, inspired by a true story