by Notley Notes - Anna Myra Notley | Mar 22, 2026 | Collected Quotes, Latest Reads, Uncategorized
“Human remains… what exactly did that mean? Was it a few hard bones and soft tissue? Clothes and accessories? Things solid and compact enough to fit inside a coffin? Or was it rather the intangible – the words we send out into the ether, the dreams we keep...
by Notley Notes - Anna Myra Notley | Mar 22, 2026 | Collected Quotes, Latest Reads
“I really wanted to read. Though Huck was asleep, I could not chance his waking and discovering me with my face in an open book. Then I thought, how could he know that I was actually reading? … At that moment the power of reading made itself clear and real...
by Notley Notes - Anna Myra Notley | Mar 22, 2026 | Collected Quotes, Latest Reads
Quote 1: She was scared a bit about moving, leaving Knoxville. I couldn’t believe it. I told her there’s trees, mountains, rivers, birds singing in your ears, we’ve got the whole rest of the world over there, other than people, which are just one...
by Notley Notes - Anna Myra Notley | Mar 21, 2026 | For Adults, Scripts
Coming soon to the Sydney Fringe Festival, 2026! (run time approx. 50 minutes) Synopsis: “One train carriage, seven people, ten songs… everyone’s going to the end of the line, but what will they discover about each other and themselves along the way?” This is an...
by Notley Notes - Anna Myra Notley | Mar 21, 2026 | For Adults, Short Stories
A travel story about how we are often capable of more than we think.Excerpt: “Once, there was a girl. And the girl dreamed of the Andes. She wanted to reach through the ages to touch the Incas; walking along the same ground, over the same stones, in the same...