When I fell, every future move exploded apart in my mind, a deck of cards thrown in the air.
“Then one by one they raised their faces to the sky. 'Like a field of sunflowers'.”
― The Beekeeper's Promise
― The Beekeeper's Promise
“Watching the sea never ceased to ground me. It was unchangeable. It was constant. Whatever happened - whatever seasons came and went, whatever way the wind blew, whatever was going on in the world, whatever was going on in the lives of the people who walked along the shores - the waves always just did what they did best. They came and went.”
― Her Name Was Rose
― Her Name Was Rose
“And I feel my heart beginning to unfurl and to reach outwards into the world again, like the delicate tendrils of a plant at the end of a long, long, spell of drought.”
― The Beekeeper's Promise
― The Beekeeper's Promise
“Why not? We can't see gravity, and it has a strong effect on us.”
― Where the Forest Meets the Stars
― Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“He was good. He had talent to burn. I wanted to tell everyone about him - about his writing.”
― Her Name Was Rose
― Her Name Was Rose
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