Gemma Bond
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“It surprised Anna and it upset Anna how small her life was each time she tried to tell it, to shape it in order to escape it, how it always came out too quickly as a few dispiriting sentences so easily dismissed.”
― The Living Sea of Waking Dreams
― The Living Sea of Waking Dreams
“I won't let anyone down,
If I crawl tonight
But I still let everyone down,
When I change in size
And I went tumbling down,
Trying to reach your height
But I scream too loud,
If I speak my mind.”
― I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry
If I crawl tonight
But I still let everyone down,
When I change in size
And I went tumbling down,
Trying to reach your height
But I scream too loud,
If I speak my mind.”
― I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry
“It's always a choice between fireworks and coffee in bed,' Fabiana says. 'It always is.”
― Writers & Lovers
― Writers & Lovers
“It must be the worst kind of suffering – cognizance of one’s own collapse, the penance of watching as things slip away.”
― Girl in White Cotton
― Girl in White Cotton
“It's strange, to not be the youngest kind of adult anymore”
― Writers & Lovers
― Writers & Lovers
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