19 Quotes by Aimee Friedman

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

...Promises are more dangerous then secrets.