“When people went on vacation, they shed their home skins, thought they could be a new person.”
“Some people thought spring was the time of renewal, but Sadie had always equated that feeling with autumn. It felt like a shedding of mistakes - falling leaves, crisp breezes. As if you could cast off an old skin to work on a new one.”
“If all of the people in Hollywood had plastic surgery and went on vacation, there wouldn't be a person left in town.”
“In hospitality, people vacation where you live. And so when I stay home from work it’s like a double vacation.”
“I went home, with new matters for my thoughts, though with no relief from the old.”
“Step forward into the new reality every time. Shed your old skin. Do not return to the past.”