Anthony Shapland > Quotes

“It’s a world only they know. The place they have for each other. A refuge, a hide. No word or deed reaches the ground from this floating platform, on this mattress, this raft, on this ocean adrift in the afternoon sun. This room lightly tethered by stairs.”
― Anthony Shapland, A Room Above a Shop

“How often has he stared into the mirror at this hidden him? An understudy, carefully learning lines and behaviours; waiting in the wings to take the stage. Trying to understand how it is to be in this small town, a boy in this world.”
― Anthony Shapland, A Room Above a Shop