Quotes from bookWhite Oleander
White Oleander is a 1999 novel by American author Janet Fitch. It is a coming-of-age story about a child who is separated from her mother and placed in a series of foster homes. It deals with themes of motherhood. The book was selected for Oprah's Book Club in May 1999, after which it became a national bestseller. It was adapted as a 2002 film.
“I thought clay must feel happy in the good potter's hand.”
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“She's never where she is,' I said. 'She's only inside her head.”
Janet Fitch book White Oleander
Variant: She’s never where she is,' I said. 'She’s only inside her head.
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“How many people ask you to come share their life?”
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“It's all I ever really wanted, that revelation. The possibility of fixed stars.”
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Janet Fitch book White Oleander
Variant: I hated labels anyway. People didn't fit in slots--prostitute, housewife, saint--like sorting the mail. We were so mutable, fluid with fear and desire, ideals and angles, changeable as water.
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“She laughed so easily when she was happy. But also when she was sad.”
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“Oleander time, she said. Lovers who kill each other now will blame it on the wind.”
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