“Living by your wits is always knowing where the wasps are.”
― The Shining
― The Shining
“The carpeting on the stair risers caught, racing up to the first-floor level as if to tell dreadful good news.”
― The Shining
― The Shining
“And darkness. You can’t see it no more than you can see air, but when it’s all around you sure enough know it.”
― Serena
― Serena
“Just like the mercury that made the light go around, Isabel was -mysterious. Able to cure and to poison; able to bear the whole weight of the light, but capable of fracturing into a thousand uncatchable particles, running off in all directions, escaping from itself.”
― The Light Between Oceans
― The Light Between Oceans
“The universe buries strange jewels deep within us all, and then stands back to see if we can find them. The hunt to uncover those jewels—that’s creative living. The courage to go on that hunt in the first place—that’s what separates a mundane existence from a more enchanted one.”
― Big Magic: How to Live a Creative Life, and Let Go of Your Fear
― Big Magic: How to Live a Creative Life, and Let Go of Your Fear
Fran’s 2025 Year in Books
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