“Weird how I can feel so frail and tiny sometimes, and other times so brave and bold and reckless and free, and . . . Does everybody feel the same? When people get grown-up, do they always feel grown-up and sensible and sorted out and . . . And do I want to feel grown-up? Do I want to stop feeling . . . paradoxical, nonsensical? Do I want to stop being crackers? Do I want to be destrangified? O yes, sometimes I want nothing more - but it only lasts a moment, then O I want to be the strangest and crakerest of everybody.” AgeGrowing UpChildhoodStrangeNormalMadnessMadInsanityNonsenseWeirdNormality Book:My Name is Mina Source: My Name is Mina
“Volevo solo che andassero via. E volevo che rimanessero. Volevo poter di nuovo giocare come giocavo una volta. Volevo che tutto fosse di nuovo com'era una volta.” Growing Up Book:Skellig Source: Skellig
“I don’t want to be little again. But at the same time I do. I want to be me like I was then, and me as I am now, and me like I’ll be in the future. I want to be me and nothing but me. I want to be crazy as the moon, wild as the wind and still as the earth. I want to be every single thing it’s possible to be. I’m growing and I don’t know how to grow. I’m living but I haven’t started living yet. Sometimes I simply disappear from myself. Sometimes it’s like I’m not here in the world at all and I simply don’t exist. Sometimes I can hardly think. My head just drifts, and the visions that come seem so vivid.” LifeExistenceGrowing UpChildhood Book:Jackdaw Summer Source: Jackdaw Summer
“When you grow up", I said, "do you ever stop feeling little and weak?" "No," she says. "There's always a little frail and tiny thing inside, no matter how grown-up you are.” LittlesSaidMatterFeelingsGrowsGrowing UpWeakTinyFrailTiny Things Book:My Name is Mina Source: My Name is Mina
