Candy Gourlay > Quotes

“And then I couldn't see (Banawa) any more because the plane tilted up and we flew straight into a fierce light.

This must be what it's like to be reborn.

First, there you are in the darkness of your mother's womb, not knowing anything and not wanting anything to change.

And then suddenly you are out, naked and starving hungry in a shining new world.”
― Candy Gourlay, Shine

“You really wouldn't think, to look at the playground, that hundreds of people over on the other side of the world had just had their lives crushed by a horrible earthquake. And the weird thing was, everybody probably knew about it. Everybody had glanced at the newspaper headlines or heard the radio in passing or glimpsed something as they changed channels on the TV. Hundreds of Casualties in Massive Philippine Earthquake. But 'hundreds' are not people, are they? And blank faces on TV are not people either.”
― Candy Gourlay, Tall Story

“I was a marshmallow masquerading as a potato.”
― Candy Gourlay, Shine

“Father looked anxiously at the tears on my cheeks but I smiled, trying to reassure him. Danny had said I would feel like this. Excited and sad at the same time.”
― Candy Gourlay, Shine

“I was suddenly afraid. I wasn't ready. I guess it's one thing to want something and another to have it.”
― Candy Gourlay, Shine

“I . . . I’ll see you soon.” Which wasn’t true of course. But it was one way of saying goodbye for ever.”
― Candy Gourlay, Tall Story

“Let's do it all. We're already tired anyway.”
― Candy Gourlay