Isla Morley > Quotes

“Stories keep the fire burning inside us, stories keep us form dashing our heads against the wall. Without stories we'd be lost, dead, forgotten.”
― Isla Morley, Above

“Missing can make a day take forever to end; remembering, though, can make it fly.”
― Isla Morley, Above

“Morning has animated something in me, too, some dormant thing that for years has known only how to sit and wait. Get a move on, it says. Don't let the day get away.”
― Isla Morley, Above

“tell me where a man can go in this world and not find people hating other people. If skin ain’t the reason, it’ll be what God they pray to or what side of the river is best to build a house.”
― Isla Morley, The Last Blue

“Despite their differences, both men have come to understand that love does not insist on its own way. Love goes at the pace of the one most wounded.”
― Isla Morley, The Last Blue