All Over the Map Quotes

“I am realizing that intention has a lot to do with how things turn out, and accomplishments don't always have to involve such a difficult personal fight or campaign. So, too, how you tell your story has a great deal to do with how you feel about the circumstances in your life and which direction your story is going to go in.”
― Laura Fraser, All Over the Map

“The men in my life are always like the countries I visit: I fall in love briefly and then move on. I visit, regard the wonders, delve into the history, taste the cooking, peer into dark corners, feel a few moments of excitement and maybe ecstasy and bliss, and then, though I am often sad to leave - or stung that no one insists that I stay - I am on my way.”
― Laura Fraser, All Over the Map

“All those stories need different endings——which is possible because it's my life and I do have the privelege of being able to write the story.”
― Laura Fraser, All Over the Map

“It's not that the grass is greener on the other side, it's that you can never be on both sides of the lawn at the same time.”
― Laura Fraser, All Over the Map

“...I am realizing that intention has a lot to do with how things turn out, and accomplishments don't always have to involve such a difficult personal fight or even campaign. So,too, how you tell your story has a great deal to do with how you feel about the circumstances in your life and which direction your story is going to go in. In a peaceful, patient town, surrounded by friends, I am losing the threads of my story that have to do with disappointment, with regret, with difficulties with men. I am happy for the wonderful men I have in my life, would be happy for a new love, and am happy either way. That is a kind of magical thinking that works”
― Laura Fraser, All Over the Map

“All of live is a celebration if you just find the right spot in the sun to take it all in”
― Laura Fraser, All Over the Map

“So, too, how to tell your story has a great deal to do with how you feel about the circumstances in your life and which direction your story is going to go in”
― Laura Fraser, All Over the Map