Golden State Quotes

“I never expected to find myself here, on the edge of the continent--childless, possibly jobless, with broken bones and a broken marriage, citizen of a broken country. But here I am, and I must make something of it. That's really the only choice one has: make something of it, or don't.”
― Michelle Richmond, Golden State

“We tend to see life as a continuum, but really, it's a series of phases, generating a series of different selves. You leave one life behind and start another. And each time, a different version of yourself emerges.”
― Michelle Richmond, Golden State

“But there's no emergency kit for marriage. No neat plan you can turn to when the ground shifts beneath your feet.”
― Michelle Richmond, Golden State

“I understand how families become estranged, not by design, but by embarrassment. You come to a point when so much time has passed that it seems impossible to make the first move”
― Michelle Richmond, Golden State

“No matter how bad the news, exit the room with a smile, she would tell us. In the early days, I took her advice as gospel, but over the years I came to realize she’d been mistaken. Sometimes optimism is not called for. Sometimes, what is needed is an acknowledgment of just how bad things are, and how much worse they might get.”
― Michelle Richmond, Golden State

“History is made not of facts set in stone but of the stories we tell.”
― Michelle Richmond, Golden State

“I guess I'm just stuck on the idea that there's this monumental machine, and we're all part of it. Most of the time, we don't even stop to think about how it works. We just go about our business, doing our part, trusting that everyone else will do their part, and the machine will keep functioning. But all it takes is for someone to come along who isn't thinking straight, some who's not paying attention, or worse, hell-bent on self-destruction and everything turns to shit.”
― Michelle Richmond, Golden State