The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West Quotes

“When it came down to man versus nature, nature usually won.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“Don't you know that hope is the last thing ever lost. A proverb to live by if there ever were one.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“Old people were like icebergs, she realized. All you saw was the tip, but beneath the surface there was this long and full life lived.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“The love of a dog was more valuable and more steadfast than just about anything else she could think of.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“Always assume the best, and the forces of nature will conspire to make it happen,”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“If there was one thing Olivia West knew about herself, it was this: tell her she couldn’t do something and she would prove you wrong, whatever the cost.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“Misfortune is part of life, and it's not our job to stop it, Our job is to keep living with everything we have.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“In her eyes, cartography was a form of magic. That someone could take the world, with all its mountains and valleys and deserts and tundra and rivers and oceans, and transfer that onto a piece of paper while keeping proportions true, made her head swim.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“There were eight main islands: Ni‘ihau, Kaua‘i, O‘ahu, Moloka‘i, Lana‘i, Maui, Kaho‘olawe, and Hawai‘i.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“Funny how dreams were dreams, and then one day, if you were lucky- or persistent enough, they became reality.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“Suddenly she wasn't just doing this for her father and herself, but for a whole ocean of young girls with big dreams.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“For as long as she could remember, the stars had been a connection to something greater.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“Old people rule...
They know things. They've lived. There's no bullshit.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“Funny how the mind worked, some memories slipping through the cracks, others firmly planted like ancient trees whose roots have taken hold.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“Sometimes the smallest things can be the scariest.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“That was the thing about sadness; when shared, it became softer and that much easier to take.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“... faith was what you hung on to when there was no other option. It was the only way forward.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“Some things stay with you forever, in a place deeper than memory.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West