For you where never my blood sister so no more shall I call you little sister
Helen DunmoreI wish I was away in Ingo
Far across the briny sea
Sailing over deepest waters
Where neither care nor worry trouble me.
The word 'personal' is one of my aversions. Personal loan. Personal hygiene. Personal safety. It's only a way of wrapping up bad news that you're in debt, or dirty, or likely to be mugged.
Helen DunmoreTags: humor
In a world without air all you breathe is adventure!
Helen DunmoreThe human longing for story is so powerful, so primitive, that it seems like something not learned, but locked into our genes.
Helen DunmoreWe are creatures of story.
Helen DunmoreHe said a fortuneteller had told Mum's fortune once, and after that, she's never gone out on sea again. It was years ago, but she never has. Not once." said Conner
"What did the fortuneteller say?" I asked
"Dad wouldn't tell me. It must have been something really bad though."
"maybe the fortuneteller said that Mum would die by drowning." I suggested.
"Don't be stupid Saph. A fortuneteller wouldn't ever say that to someone. You’re going to drown, that’ll be ten pounds please
They had something, that generation, he thought. They didn't doubt themselves. They knew what life was, and where they belonged in it. Not like us.
Helen DunmoreTags: life
You're trapped both ways. You do as you are told and you do things that you think will make you big, but all the time you're shrinking.
Helen DunmoreTags: life inspirational
They will heal anyway, with time. We...are strong. It takes more...to conquer us.Scars don't matter, little one. They are the marks of the battles we have won.
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