Donna Kelly

“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

“Despite having spent thousands of hours asleep in the house, the only traces the hare has left are a shallow, almost imperceptible indentation in the carpet where her warm, long body has worn the surface smooth with its minute daily adjustments; six of her whiskers, scattered over the years; and a few weightless tufts of fur. The damp footprints she leaves on the floor on wet or dewy mornings evaporate within minutes. The emotional impact she has left, by contrast, is immense.”
― Chloe Dalton, Raising Hare: A Memoir

“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

“The worst was yet to come, he knew. Already he could feel a world of trouble waiting for him behind the next door, but the worst that could have happened was also already behind him; the thing not done, which could have been – which he would have had to live with for the rest of his life.”
― Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These