The Map from Here to There Quotes

“I wondered how we looked to the rest of the world. Young and silly, probably. I often had the distinct feeling that strangers watched us with annoyance, teenage girls with cotton candy lives. They could think that—that we were frothy and carefree. Would they ever guess how strong we were from carrying each other?”
― Emery Lord, The Map from Here to There

“A quiet realization would be more poetic—something as quotidian as showing back up. Choosing each other when there's no fanfare.”
― Emery Lord, The Map from Here to There

“There's a vein of hopeful cynicism in everything you write. You're trying to believe, but helplessly waiting for the anvil.”
― Emery Lord, The Map from Here to There

“I may not have known much about my future-- my college choice or degree, my someday job and city, boys I'd love and lose. But I knew who'd be beside me. Chalk it up to too many movies, too many TV finales that flashed forward, but I saw these girls as clearly as I saw the moon overhead. Beyond college, beyond even our twenties. I'd drive across state lines to get to them, to soothe small disappointments and big heartbreaks. I'd come crawling home to them when I got lost, to guide off their stars. I'd be their witness to diplomas received, vows spoken to partners, oaths taken for office. And when the rest of the decisions felt like a tightrope, precarious with no back-stepping allowed-- well, I had a net.”
― Emery Lord, The Map from Here to There