We Never Asked for Wings Quotes

“The origin of our identity is love.”
― Vanessa Diffenbaugh, We Never Asked for Wings

“coming up with the right questions was even more important than coming up with the right answers.”
― Vanessa Diffenbaugh, We Never Asked for Wings

“You made a mistake. One fucking enormous, stupid mistake. That's all. Now get over it. Buck up and fix it, and if you can't fix it, keep going anyway. It's the only way to live.”
― Vanessa Diffenbaugh, We Never Asked for Wings

“The birds had been given everything they needed. A home in the thin, pure air: a moment of weightlessness, a reprieve from the gravity of life”
― Vanessa Diffenbaugh, We Never Asked for Wings

“The birds had been given everything they needed. A home in the thin, pure air: a moment of weightlessness, a reprieve from the gravity of life.”
― Vanessa Diffenbaugh, We Never Asked for Wings

“What do you love, and what do you know? And then, what are you curious about? Everyone in the class has a unique story, unique interests—and these are what should drive your inquiries. So if you’re having trouble figuring out your area of interest, spend some time thinking about what you know, and what you love, and what makes you different. The more different you are, the better.”
― Vanessa Diffenbaugh, We Never Asked for Wings

“It was there, under the fear, under the avoidance: a love lit with awe, so bright it hurt to look.”
― Vanessa Diffenbaugh, We Never Asked for Wings

“The feather work was so fine that from a few feet away it could be mistaken for an oil painting, each feather a single stroke, but instead the mosaic was created entirely of naturally occurring feathers stuck into a thin layer of campeche wax.”
― Vanessa Diffenbaugh, We Never Asked for Wings

“Migrating birds reorient themselves at sunset. The exact reason is unknown, but at twilight, just when the sun drops beyond the horizon line, birds flying in the wrong direction correct their flight paths all at once.”
― Vanessa Diffenbaugh, We Never Asked for Wings

“I wasn't afraid of anything...She marveled at the words, trying to remember what it had felt like to be that girl...Life had changed her. She was afraid of so much now, but even as she thought it she felt something shift, the great jaws of fear loosening ad in its place was a flicker of excitement, as if she were back in high school, with all the world still hers to conquer.”
― Vanessa Diffenbaugh, We Never Asked for Wings

“What do you love, and what do you know? And then, what are you curious about? Everyone has a unique story, unique interests-and these are what should drive your inquiries. So if you're having trouble figuring out your area of interest, spend some time thinking about what you know, and what you love, and what makes you different. The more different you are, the better.”
― Vanessa Diffenbaugh, We Never Asked for Wings