The Unmapped Sea Quotes

“When the impossible becomes merely difficult, that's when you know you've won.”
― Maryrose Wood, The Unmapped Sea

“To do something familiar and succeed is no surprise, but to try something new and fail--why, that is the start of an adventure.”
― Maryrose Wood, The Unmapped Sea

“That is the purpose of museums, of course. One does not go merely to collect facts and souvenirs and picture post cards, but to enlarge one's notion of all that has been, and all that is, and all that might be. In this way we begin to understand what part each of us was born to play in the marvelous tale of existence.”
― Maryrose Wood, The Unmapped Sea

“Hard-hearted people may be no fun to sit next to at parties, but they are just as entitled to earn a living as the rest of us. Fortunately-for them, at least-the need for insurance adjusters, tax collectors, theater critics, and the like continues to this very day.”
― Maryrose Wood, The Unmapped Sea

“There is no harm in carrying a borrowed umbrella, but toothbrushes and opinions should always be one’s own.”
― Maryrose Wood, The Unmapped Sea

“This is the whole purpose of museums, of course. One does not go merely to collect facts and souvenirs and picture postcards, but to enlarge one’s notion of all that has been, and all that is, and all that might be. In this way we begin to understand what part each of us was born to play in the marvelous tale of existence.”
― Maryrose Wood, The Unmapped Sea

“The misfortune! The misery! The . . . whatever is worse than misery!”
― Maryrose Wood, The Unmapped Sea

“it is certainly not the chicken pox.”
― Maryrose Wood, The Unmapped Sea