“Walter loves the sea, and I need it in some elemental way that I cannot even come close to verbalizing. I become dim and shriveled somehow at my very core if I am away from the sea too long. When I return to it I seem to fill up and overflow with it, soaking in the vast, sighing wetness of it like a parched vine in a long, soft spring rain.” IfsWayNeedsLongSeemsSeaReturnSpringRainCoreVinesOverflowElementalsSoakingSpring RainWetness Book:House Next Door Source: House Next Door
“Perhaps the most important thing we can ever do in our lives is find a way to keep the wild-both the wild inside and the wild outside us-and tap into it.” WayLifeImportantLife IsOur LivesImportant Things Author:Anne Rivers Siddons
“I don't know if I would do sequels. I almost feel like when I'm done with them, they're going to have to find their own way.” IfsKnowsWayFeelsDoneSequels Author:Anne Rivers Siddons