“Then he asked if I didn’t like things changing. And I said I wouldn’t mind things changing if I became an astronaut, for example, which is one of the biggest changes you can imagine, apart from becoming a girl or dying.”
“Different time, different place,” I said. “Things can change. People can change.”
“Things change after you die, though, I guess because dying is the loneliest thing you can do.”
“I think I have changed," I said."I think changes have happened to you," said Kristin. "But that is not the same thing...”
“May I nurture the serenity to accept the things I cannot change the courage to change the things I can change and wisdom to know the difference”
“I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.”