Steven Laffoley > Quotes

“The blue tattoos came from all that flying glass. The shards and splinters would cut deeply into the skin and let the black rain seep in. That rain would then mingle with the exposed blood and open flesh and mark the skin forever- making a permanent tattoo. A blue tattoo.”
― Steven Laffoley, The Blue Tattoo

“Navigating the ice-crusted rocks with all the grace of a nearsighted aardvark, I slipped and staggered my way along the beach, searching for life, but not a barnacle, starfish, or brave sea urchin made itself known to me.”
― Steven Laffoley, What's the Point?: An Irreverent History of Point Pleasant Park

“Every year, some two million visitors enter Point Pleasant Park, a unique 190-acre collection of paths, ponds, and port-o-potties; flora, fauna, and fungi; battlements, monuments, and burial mounds all situated at the far south end of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The number of visitors is astounding given the entire population of Halifax is presently about half a million people, a good many of whom believe that any aerobic exercise beyond reaching out the car window for a Tim Hortons double double is time poorly spent.”
― Steven Laffoley, What's the Point?: An Irreverent History of Point Pleasant Park

“And though I feel an unfathomable exhaustion, I feel compelled to keep at it, as though to give up working would be to concede to the chaos so cruelly visited upon us.”
― Steven Laffoley, The Blue Tattoo

“Now maybe it’s just me, but erosion into a constantly churning North Atlantic seems one of those universal constants, like death, taxes, and bad Nickelback songs. Of course, to be fair, I am not a scientist, archeologist, or a member of Nickelback. So, really, who am I to say?”
― Steven Laffoley, What's the Point?: An Irreverent History of Point Pleasant Park