And who's to say that just because something lasts only a short time, it has little value? — Alice Steinbach Copy Share Image
“I had forgotten how wonderful it is to stand on a bridge and catch the scent of rain in the air. I had forgotten… — Alice Steinbach Copy Share Image
“Life is like that I thought, as I turned the corner to my building. Freedom has its danger as well as its joys. And… — Alice Steinbach Copy Share Image
“Except for the primitive markers of day and night, time lay ahead of me in continuous, undefined mass.” — Alice Steinbach Copy Share Image
What is the purpose of memory? Is it a trick to make sure we don't forget who we are by reminding us of who… — Alice Steinbach Copy Share Image
“It used to surprise me, the intensity with which I still remembered these distant memories. But when I entered my fifties...I understood their enduring… — Alice Steinbach Copy Share Image
“A scene," Mary told us, "is a moment when there is some form of tension. A scene leads to the next scene. And a… — Alice Steinbach Copy Share Image
Women, I learned, adapted. At first..they seemed so fragile, so dependent on fathers and husbands and brothers and lovers. Gradually, though, I noticed how… — Alice Steinbach Copy Share Image
“Never mind that I hadn't a clue which path to follow or whether, to echo Robert Frost, the one I took would make all… — Alice Steinbach Copy Share Image
“Being a student meant always looking up to someone wiser and always measuring yourself against that wisdom and knowledge.” — Alice Steinbach Copy Share Image
“By then I'd knocked around enough to know that, in the end, what adds up to a life is nothing more than the accumulation… — Alice Steinbach Copy Share Image
“As I set out each day, I felt like a young child again. One who hadn't yet learned the rules of manmade time; the… — Alice Steinbach Copy Share Image
“His presence made me feel self-concious: of my appearance, of the way I was sitting, of my movements and gestures...It was the behavior of… — Alice Steinbach Copy Share Image
“I guess I'm too selfish to travel well with other people," I told Anne later.” — Alice Steinbach Copy Share Image
“And like any group thrown together in a strange situation, we developed the sort of we're-in-this-together, for-better-or-for-worse camaraderie that I found appealingly familiar. It… — Alice Steinbach Copy Share Image
