All Over the Place Quotes

“What matters is that you find the right person with whom to spend your time on this earth. Someone who will take care of you when you are sick. Who will love you and the extra hole in your head. Who will drive for hours while you sleep in the passenger seat. Someone who will show you how immense the universe is and still make you feel that you are the brightest thing in the sky.”
― Geraldine DeRuiter, All Over the Place: Adventures in Travel, True Love, and Petty Theft

“I’m going to die. So are you, unless you’re a vampire, a zombie, or Keanu Reeves.”
― Geraldine DeRuiter, All Over the Place: Adventures in Travel, True Love, and Petty Theft

“Sometimes it's best not to know what you are up against; if you are acutely aware of the challenges involved, you'd never do a damn thing. Being clueless is weirdly empowering. You can't worry about the things that you don't yet know you should be worried about. You end up doing wonderful things that you never would have had you been the least bit informed. You run off to Italy. You take horrific and beautiful hikes. You ruin your hair and your makeup and any chance of a future political career. And when it's all over, you can't help but feel anything but incredibly, overwhelmingly grateful (21)”
― Geraldine DeRuiter, All Over the Place: Adventures in Travel, True Love, and Petty Theft

“Sometimes you can’t let a complete dearth of natural talent or ability stop you from doing something.”
― Geraldine DeRuiter, All Over the Place: Adventures in Travel, True Love, and Petty Theft