Half The Way Home Quotes

“For every boy here," he says, "I like to imagine that we're helping him go in a particular direction, a direction he is best suited for. For you, I've thought it might be the State Department, or something in that realm." Suddenly, in a thunderclap of revelation, I know that whatever I do with my life, it will not be "in that realm." So: despite everything teachers and parents say about how I'm free to choose, they have a plan for me after all. I cannot yet see that plan clearly, but I suddenly become wary.”
― Adam Hochschild, Half the Way Home: A Memoir of Father and Son

“Dans cet océan blanc, où la vie Se recueille; et bientôt l'horizon Se couvrira de fleurs ... Chère maison amie Qui nous protège tous de la froide saison!”
― Adam Hochschild, Half the Way Home: A Memoir of Father and Son

“The meek may inherit the earth, J. Paul Getty once said, but they can forget about the mineral rights.”
― Adam Hochschild, Half The Way Home: A Memoir of Father and Son