Trish at Between My Lines

“Nursing was like being under a spell: you went in very young and came out older than any span of years could make you.”
― Emma Donoghue, The Pull of the Stars

“You cannot survive this and live a dead life.”
― Vanessa Chan, The Storm We Made

“But stories always win. A wiser voice speaks from somewhere deep inside of me. Why else would the Germans want to ban books? Why are they so scared of them? Stories live on far longer than any humans. I slump down at my desk and take a breath. I can't lose my faith in the written word. If I do that, I have nothing”
― Siobhan Curham, The Paris Network

“I keep reciting your poetry prescription - I've read that Rilke poem so many times now, I know it by heart. I'm sure I'm not telling you anything you don't already know, but for someone who has never really understood poetry, I want you to know that I finally see what the big deal is. Poems are like the eau de parfum to the eau de cologne of a novel; you don't need nearly as many words to have such a powerful impact”
― Siobhan Curham, The Paris Network