Marie

“I dont know why
I put the china rabbit
In my suitcase and
Brought her to Ireland
I sit her on this table
Looking at me
As I write this
There are things
That we hold on
We hold on tightly
Time can pass
And years go by
And these things
And these objects
And these people
And these ideas
That we held so tightly
We have to let them go
We hold them in
Hold them down to be
Who we think they are
What we want them to be and what they mean to us and holding on to people
Like old ideas and bad habits
Or like china rabbits
Now we don't need to be
Doing that now
Do we.”
― Salena Godden, Mrs Death Misses Death

“The survival of the hero is up to you all now. It is important, now more than ever, to fight for all of this, to fight for your rights, for your freedoms, for your art, poetry and music. Because you all need to be heroes, to step up, to speak up, to support each other. It is all about kindness, and you need the doers and the creators. You must pay attention to the ones who listen and hear and do and can and will and share. And to the people of science and art, books and music, otherwise what is the actual point of all this? What was the point? Why are you all here if not for that? You are hear for love. To share the love.

When hate is rising, then love can only rise higher.”
― Salena Godden, Mrs Death Misses Death

“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Let's hope I come when you are busy doing something you want to live for. Let us hope I come when you are doing something you would die for, and let's hope that if you kill yourself, you are well over 40 years old, because to kill yourself before age 40 is like murdering a stranger,”
― Salena Godden, Mrs Death Misses Death