Masha Hamilton Quotes

#1. Books allowed her vicarious tastes of infinite variety, but they didn't supplant the need to venture out into the big and the messy. In fact, just the opposite. Books convinced her that something more existed
something intuitive, beyond reason
and they whetted her appetite to find it.

Masha Hamilton

#2. But then, with whatever time she had left, until life was taken from her, Neema would touch more pages; she would encounter there more of those far-flung sisters; she would listen to them whisper the unuttered words of her heart.

Masha Hamilton

#3. I realized right away that books could take us out of ourselves, and make us larger. Even provide us with human connections we wouldn't otherwise have.

Masha Hamilton

#4. If I have to stay my whole life here, without ever experiencing there, I'll evaporate.

Masha Hamilton

#5. The stories she'd read of others' lives over these last few months had left her with a greater appreciation for the thread of her own life.

Masha Hamilton