Top 9 Quotes by Aimee Friedman

When people went on vacation, they shed their home skins, thought they could be a new person.

When people went on vacation, they shed their home skins, thought they could be a new person.

Summer, Home, Vacation

Aimee Friedman (2009). “Sea Change”, p.107, Scholastic Inc.

It struck me then how much the past - not just the past but history and family - was like the ocean tide. It was always the same ocean, but the waves made it fresh and new each time.

Aimee Friedman

Ocean, Past, Tides

...Promises are more dangerous then secrets.

Aimee Friedman

Secret, Promise, Dangerous

I couldn't think. The basics of my life seemed altered and thrown into question. After all, our families--our ancestors--are our identities. Biology is destiny. I'm not who you think I am, I had said to T.J. the last time I'd seen him. Maybe I wasn't who I'd thought I was either.

Aimee Friedman

Destiny, Thinking, Identity

I watched the land for as long as I could, until it disappeared behind its shawl of mist, and until I had it fixed in my mind - unchanged, mysterious and beautiful

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Beautiful, Land, Long

Aimee Friedman (2009). “Sea Change”, p.198, Scholastic Inc.

By not asking too much, you can believe in almost anything..like..a starry night in the mountains, or even the existence of fate.

Aimee Friedman

Believe, Fate, Night

Come find me," Leo put in, his gaze full of understanding. "Whenever you want. I'll be here.

Aimee Friedman

Understanding, Want, Find Me

Aimee Friedman (2012). “Ocean of Secrets”, p.97, Scholastic UK

My skin prickled and I looked back at the ocean. None of us ask for the things we inherit; they are thrust upon us, willy-nilly. Like The Marine, I suddenly understood. Mom and I weren't trespassing. This house was ours. This view was ours. And that seemed as absurd and unreal as the stories Sailor Hat had spun for me on the ferry.

Aimee Friedman

Mom, Ocean, Marine