Emily Berry > Quotes

“I was very young when I was cracked open.

Some things you should let go of
Others you shouldn't
Views differ as to which

I keep hold of everything, just in case”
― Emily Berry, Dear Boy

“I have cried your name in every possible colour”
― Emily Berry, Dear Boy

“Every time I think a new thought I can smell an old one burning”
― Emily Berry, Dear Boy

“Dear night-time, dear dark mouth hovering over me—”
― Emily Berry

“His stories were mostly warnings”
― Emily Berry, Dear Boy

“She has a nasty talent.”
― Emily Berry, Dear Boy

“The mood of the sea is catching...
...its colour became the colour of my eyes and the salt made me cry oceans

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Once I had a day mother
Now I have a night mother
Mourners no longer murmuring in the late afternoon
...”
― Emily Berry , Stranger, Baby

“my ribs were a grand birdcage”
― Emily Berry, Dear Boy

“At every moment you think
I cannot go on
But you go on”
― Emily Berry, Dear Boy