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“my mum used to say that you had two hands:one to help yourself,and one t help others". then she sighed "though sometimes i wonder if the hand we use to help others moves a bit slower and with less purpose than the one we use to help ourselves".”
― danielle binks, The Year the Maps Changed

“I don’t know if I can put it into words just yet, this feeling like something’s ending and I have to be close to it.”
― Danielle Binks, Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology

“Lately I’d been wondering what piece Mum took with her when she died, and I’d been thinking about the Winnie I would have been if she hadn’t.”
― Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed

“I was eleven when everything started and twelve by the end. But that’s another way that maps don’t tell the whole truth – because it felt like the distance I travelled was a lot further than that.”
― Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed

“Anika had the door halfway closed, but she paused at my question.
‘My mum used to say that you have two hands: one to help yourself, and one to help others. So yes, I think it’s a good thing.’ Then she sighed. ‘Though sometimes I wonder if the hand we use to help others moves a bit slower and with a little less purpose than the one we use to help ourselves.’
And with that, she closed the door.”
― Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed

“Maps lie.
Or at least, they don’t always tell the truth.
They’re like us humans that way.”
― Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed

“And I suddenly feel like Pinocchio after he’s been swallowed; dome roof with curved steel beams like a whale’s ribs, the moon and Milky Way right there at the yawning shutter of its mouth.”
― Danielle Binks, Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology

“Books are family. Books are community.”
― Danielle Binks , Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology