“The way a pilot sees wind in clouds or a sailor reads currents in water, I look unconsciously for stories to remind me where I am, to remind me that whatever I'm going through, millions have been here before, are here now, will be here again.” InspirationalStoriesGrief Book:Fi: A Memoir of My Son Source: Fi: A Memoir of My Son
“What is important is the story. Because when we are all dust and teeth and kicked-up bits of skin - when we're dancing with our own skeletons - our words might be all that's left of us.” WritingImportantStoriesMightLeftBitsSkinsDancingTeethDustSkeletonsOur Words Author:Alexandra Fuller
“You can't rewind war. It spools on, and on, and on, looping and jumping, distorted and cracked with age, and the stories contract until only the nuggets of hatred remain and no one can even remember, or imagine, why the war was organized in the first place.” FirstsWarStoriesAgeRememberImagineHatredOrganizedContractsJumpingCrackedNuggetsRewind Author:Alexandra Fuller
“FBI Girl is a gorgeous, sumptuous book. Conlon-McIvor takes a subject (herself and her family) that might have sunk in other hands, beats egg white under her words and the whole thing rises like a dream. It's a love story for her people and for a time and place. Read it.” PeopleBookWholeStoriesDreamHandsMightGirlWhiteSubjectsBeatsLove StoryEggsGorgeousFbiSumptuous Author:Alexandra Fuller
