Outside in Quotes

“She lay outside in the courtyard, staring up at the raindrops… feeling them hit her body… trying to guess where one would land next. The nuns called again, threatening that pneumonia might make an insufferably headstrong child a lot less curious about nature.”

“When compared side by side, my days can barely be distinguished from one another. The only difference is what I do after work and with whom I do it.”

“If you have no anger inside your heart, you will have no enemy outside in the world.”

“I’m like a fish in a pool, turning quickly to avoid what challenges it. My only decision is whether to go right or left to sidestep confrontation.”

“Word has traveled quickly that just because you're on island doesn't mean you have to be stranded---as long as you have cash.”

“I never get used to the faces--wide-eyed and full of possibility--staring bad at me.”

“Even the best buzz wears off, and you wake up more trapped than the day before.”

“I'm learning quickly, once you quit one thing, it gets easier and easier just to leave situations rather than deal with shit.”

“Silence has built walls, walls that I attempt to break by pedaling faster, only to be imprisoned a hundred feet down the road.”