"One of the West's singular migrations--from the Azores to California's Great Central Valley--is given faces and voices in Anthony Barcellos's new novel, Land of Milk and Money. Along with its triumphs, the Francisco family embodies the challenges to an immigrant family in a new land, including the often ignored difficulties posed by success and the loss of the old culture. A must read..."

-- Gerald Haslam

#Loss Quotes #Land Quotes #Voice Quotes

“The bottom line for housing is that the concerns we used to hear about the possibility of a devastating collapseâ€”one that might be big enough to cause a recession in the U.S. economyâ€”while not fully allayed have diminished. Moreover, while the future for housing activity remains uncertain, I think there is a reasonable chance that housing is in the process of stabilizing, which would mean that it would put a considerably smaller drag on the economy going forward.”
“People change, but there really are limits. One thing you discover in psychoanalytic treatment is the limits of what you can change about yourself or your life. We are children for a very long time.”

Source : Adam Phillips (2017). “In Writing”, p.220, Penguin UK
“I never for a moment believed they would perform at 10 o'clock in the morning. It's hard enough getting them to perform at 8 at night.”
“Instead of a river, God often gives us a brook, which may be running today and dried up tomorrow. Why? To teach us not to rest in our blessings, but in the blesser Himself.”
“Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.”
“I am a very shy, introverted guy.”
“The things that change people's lives are usually an accumulation of small acts.”
“We live in wonder, blaze in a cycle of passion and apprehension.”

Source : Carolyn Kizer (2002). “Cool, Calm, and Collected: Poems 1960-2000”, p.144, Copper Canyon Press

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