Lauren Chater

“Birds are meant to be wild, Josephine. How would you like to be caged up all day? … it’s just cruel. There are enough bars already in this life.”
― Lauren Chater, The Winter Dress

“Long after we are gone, our souls remain. They live in the trees we touched, the sigh of the wind we listened for. They exist not only to comfort our loved ones, but to comfort us, the parts of us that still watch and need strength. There is thread that binds us, all of the living things, to the past. It winds about us, sometimes playfully, sometimes twisting us in knots, tying us painfully to those memories that are heavy as stones. Sometimes it’s an oak leaf in your hand. You pick it up. You remember. Sometimes it’s a kringle pastry. You place it on your tongue. Those sweet times you shared.”
― Lauren Chater, The Lace Weaver