“I had always wanted to contribute in some way. Leave a little more than I took.” — 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
![“[I] like to be anchored by routine, not shackled by it.” quote by Gabrielle Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/58b/gabrielle-hamilton-23556_anchored_i-like-to-be-anchored-by-routine-not-sha_368459.jpg)
