Christie Nieman > Quotes

“When he looks up at her, he doesn't see her, and it's like a cold wind whistling through her bones.”
― Christie Nieman, As Stars Fall

“But then the golden stars began to fall. The effect was incredible. Golden streaks against a dark sky. It was mesmerising. They floated down to about a metre above the ground and then winked out. I was transfixed by the beauty of it.”
― Christie Nieman, As Stars Fall

“She feels a bit lighter, like she has been carrying around a heavy pocketful of precious stones, and she has just given one away.”
― Christie Nieman, As Stars Fall

“And that’s the complicated thing about disturbance. It’s a natural part of an ecosystem. It compels life, it changes life, it makes life dynamic. It makes an ecosystem what it is, and it makes us who we are too. But it can be dangerous: give an ecosystem, or a person, too much disturbance, and it can drive them past their point of no return.”
― Christie Nieman, As Stars Fall

“That is my greatest fear: that one day when we finally stop focusing so hard on ourselves, we will lift our heads, we will look around, and we will find that we are alone.”
― Christie Nieman, As Stars Fall

“There is only one safe way to think. And it is this: that, like us, other species are important. They matter. Even if they do things differently, they care about themselves and their lives. Therefore, we should too.”
― Christie Nieman, As Stars Fall

“Their mum used to joke that Delia had swallowed a bird, and the bird was singing away somewhere deep inside there.”
― Christie Nieman, As Stars Fall