Ahab was neither my first husband nor my last
("Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer")
More Quotes from Sena Jeter Naslund:
That night, though I was weary with the day, I took to the roof again.... My fingertips rested lightly on the wooden rail. I could not know if stars were equal to each other, but if they were, then the dim ones must be far and farther away, and toward those reaches I hurled my soul.Sena Jeter Naslund
That's the way it is in life. You let go of what is beautiful and unique. You pursue something new and don't even know that the wind of your own running is a thief.
Sena Jeter Naslund
Honesty, like any inclination, can become a ruling passion, a monomania almost.
Sena Jeter Naslund
Where we choose to be, where we choose to be--we have the power to determine that in our lives. We cannot reel time backward or forward, but we can take ourselves to the place that defines our being.
Sena Jeter Naslund
Is it not the case that many a life journey starts out in the opposite direction to its destiny?
Sena Jeter Naslund
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