Donna Kelly

“When one lives with the Devil one finds out there's a God.”
― Sinead O'Connor, Rememberings

“Well, Biyaami had emu feet, I don’t know why, they are as good a feet as any. I asked my ancestors and they said, “Little one, what does it matter? Some things just are.”
― Tara June Winch, The Yield

“Perhaps this was the purpose of pets after all, she thought, to provide a buffer between humans who had forgotten how to talk to one another.”
― Melanie Cheng, The Burrow

“I tell myself not to count the years ahead in which she might never again come, but rather cherish the days she has given me of her own free will, when she lowered her species’ instinctive guard against humans, and shared the beauty and mystery of her presence in silent and graceful companionship. I will remember her leaving, but I will always know that before she did, she always, first, looked back.”
― Chloe Dalton, Raising Hare: A Memoir