Zana Fraillon > Quotes

“To those who refuse to be blinded by the glare, or deafened by the hush, who are brave enough to question, and curious enough to explore. To those who will not forget. You will make a difference. And to the rest of us, so that we may learn how.”
― Zana Fraillon, The Bone Sparrow

“Wouldn't you know it. I bring a man to life and forget all about including a brain that will make sense of any damn thing.”
― Zana Fraillon, The Ones That Disappeared

“Everyone else in here has memories to hold on to. Everyone else has things to think on to stop them getting squashed down to nothing. But I don’t have memories of anywhere else, and all these days just squish into the same. I need their stories. I need them to make my memories.”
― Zana Fraillon, The Bone Sparrow

“The woman was as beautiful as morning, with a voice the colour of the sea and a heart as warm as the summer sun.”
― Zana Fraillon, The Ones That Disappeared

“He used to tell me that there's not time in this life to be scared. He said to breathe your fear right in and turn it wild and then you'll never be scared of nothing.”
― Zana Fraillon, The Ones That Disappeared

“Be strong. Be fierce. Life is more than a concrete floor.”
― Zana Fraillon, The Way of Dog

“And all I can do is stare at this boy who can pull the happy from Isa and the smiles from my mouth, who can steal songs from my memories and shoot them out his lips like they're his very own.”
― Zana Fraillon, The Ones That Disappeared

“Can you hear her as she calls for you? Listen, listen, listen.”
― Zana Fraillon, The Raven's Song

“If I could take myself apart and put me back together again I would. But I think maybe people can't be fixed. Or maybe I'm just too broken.”
― Zana Fraillon, The Lost Soul Atlas

“This boy has been abandoned by time.”
― Zana Fraillon, The Raven's Song

“Impossible is just what they say when they don’t want you to try.”
― Zana Fraillon, The Lost Soul Atlas

“His sickness caused people to stop and think bout what really matters. He was the boy who changed the world.”
― Zana Fraillon, The Raven's Song

“It will aways ache a little. But everyday the ache gets deeper so you don't feel it so much.”
― Zana Fraillon, The Lost Soul Atlas