The yellow-fingered dawn
takes me hand
as if to say
Collected Quotes
Wistful
What a word
‘wistful’ is –
Definitely not getting up to run at dawn
I lie in bed,
reach for the screen
It was a misty, moisty morning
It was a misty, moisty morning
When all the world was new
Home Song (short story, approx. 3000 words)
A story about what makes a home, and how little some places deserve that name. Excerpt: A magpie’s liquid song seeped into Mary’s head. It was a message of pure joy, lifted into the air, for any who cared to listen. Or, perhaps, it was sung for no one, for the...
A Yellow Rose (short story, approx. 3000 words)
A story about our interaction with the natural world, the importance of roots, and how every soul in this world needs a place of their own, however small. Excerpt: …Hannah held tightly to her father as if to a storm-tossed raft in a gale. He was warm and solid, his...
Jaclyn Moriarty, gravity is the thing
Quote 1: ‘Kierkegaard thinks that music begins where language ends,’ Finnegan said. ‘Beyond language—or when language reaches its peak—you get music.’ I considered that. ‘I can’t believe we’re talking about Kierkegaard,’ I said. ‘You’re not. I am. And the...
Alexander McCall Smith, The Joy and Light Bus Company
Mma Potokwani was watching her friend… ‘Dear friend,’ she said, ‘of course I shall help you. Of course, I shall. And we shall start tomorrow, first thing. After breakfast, that is.’ ‘I would never do anything before breakfast,’ said Mma Ramotswe. And they both...
Janet Skeslian Charles, The Paris Library
Grief is a sea made of your own tears. Salty swells cover the dark depths you must swim at your own pace. It takes time to build stamina. Some days, my arms sliced through the water, and I felt things would be okay, the shore wasn’t so far off. Then one memory, one...
Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees
Quote 1: When I looked up through the web of trees, the night fell over me, and for a moment I lost my boundaries, feeling like the sky was my own skin and the moon was my heart beating up there in the dark. Quote 2: … what I felt was magnetic and so big it ached like...