Lorie Owens

“Now the verandah was so silent I could hear the sound of the raindrops sliding off the leaves.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus

“Foolish old earth, returning and repeating itself, over and over. Never misses a show. How can you bear it, you ancient tart, giving the identical performance again and again, evenings and matinées, while the theatre crumbles around you, the lines in the script unchanging, to say nothing of the make-up, the costumes, the extravagant gestures … Tomorrow and tomorrow and the day after that …”
― Damon Galgut, The Promise

“The premier achievement of human history, they said, the triumph of memory over the obliterating forces of destruction and erasure.”
― Anthony Doerr, Cloud Cuckoo Land

“Oh, i can deal with the tragedy, it's the farce I can't handle.”
― Damon Galgut, The Promise