Quotes from Aimee Friedman

Summer-induced stupidity. That was the diagnosis, I decided as I made my way up the dirt path in the pouring rain.

Summer-induced stupidity. That was the diagnosis...

It struck me then how much the past - not just the past but history and family - was like the ocean tide. It was always the same ocean, but the waves made it fresh and new each time.

When people went on vacation, they shed their home skins, thought they could be a new person.

Promises are more dangerous then secrets.

By not asking too much, you can believe in almost anything..like..a starry night in the mountains, or even the existence of fate.

Come find me," Leo put in, his gaze full of understanding. "Whenever you want. I'll be here.

I watched the land for as long as I could, until it disappeared behind its shawl of mist, and until I had it fixed in my mind - unchanged, mysterious and beautiful

I couldn't think. The basics of my life seemed altered and thrown into question. After all, our families--our ancestors--are our identities. Biology is destiny. I'm not who you think I am, I had said to T.J. the last time I'd seen him. Maybe I wasn't who I'd thought I was either.

There's this magical sense of possibility that stretches like a bridge between June and August. A sense that anything can happen.

My skin prickled and I looked back at the ocean. None of us ask for the things we inherit; they are thrust upon us, willy-nilly. Like The Marine, I suddenly understood. Mom and I weren't trespassing. This house was ours. This view was ours. And that seemed as absurd and unreal as the stories Sailor Hat had spun for me on the ferry.

But, standing in the fading golden sunlight now, I can feel some of the scars of the summer stabbing over. I can feel the promise of a new beginning.

I want to tell her that promises are as dangerous as secrets, but by then she's floating out the door. I hear her light footsteps on the stairs, and then the front door slams.

Parents aren't supposed to cry. Or get scared. Or lie. Right? I thought I knew all the rules. But there are no rules.

We are all viewing the world through our own private lenses.

Someplace that feels impossible - as impossible as time travel.

The word photography itself means "drawing with light" in Greek.

You cannot step into the same river twice. Maybe that's because rivers, like people, are constantly changing

Not all traditions hold up over time.

Because boys are boys, and books are books, and, in the end, it's best to have a little bit of both.

I don't want to mar the moment with questions. By not asking too much, you can believe in almost anything.

It struck me then how much the past - not just the past but history and family - was like the ocean tide. It was always the same ocean, but the waves made it fresh and new each time.

Come find me," Leo put in, his gaze full of understanding. "Whenever you want. I'll be here.