I was purely content to sit in the car and wander around my own mind. Watching the world itself, the people in it, and my whole internal life was more than enough to keep me entertained. — Gabrielle Hamilton Copy Share Image
“There are two things you should never do with your father: learn how to drive and learn how to kill a chicken.” — Gabrielle Hamilton Copy Share Image
My father has said a hundred times, and I have paid attention, that it's stupid to let money be the reason you don't do… — Gabrielle Hamilton Copy Share Image
I was purely content to sit in the car and wander around my own mind. Watching the world itself, the people in it, and… — Gabrielle Hamilton Copy Share Image
“It became such a recurring experience during this period when I was twenty -- to be starving and afraid of running out of money… — Gabrielle Hamilton Copy Share Image
“For the first time in probably the entire decade that had passed since I had seen or spoken to my own mother, I thought… — Gabrielle Hamilton Copy Share Image
It's promising and seductive, that huge Italian family, sitting around the dinner table, surrounded by olive trees. But it's not my family and I… — Gabrielle Hamilton Copy Share Image
“I had always wanted to contribute in some way. Leave a little more than I took.” — Gabrielle Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Each housing development has a "country" name - Squirrel Valley, Pine Ridge, Eagle crossing, Deer Path, which has an unkind way of invoking and… — Gabrielle Hamilton Copy Share Image
“But it was from him - with his cool, long sideburns and aviator sunglasses, and box of watercolor paints (and artist's paycheck) - from… — Gabrielle Hamilton Copy Share Image
“I am often slow in catching up to the times, but even so, I still cannot even grip this idea: With nothing more than… — Gabrielle Hamilton Copy Share Image
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