“Twenty years is, after all, a long time. We are not the same people we were. Old friends, lovers, even family members: they are strangers who happen to wear a familiar face. We have no right to claim to know anyone after such a distance.” PeopleKnowsYearsLongHappensFacesLoversMembersLong TimeClaimsTwentiesDistanceStrangerFamiliarOld FriendsFamily MembersFamiliar Faces Book:Some Kind of Fairy Tale Source: Some Kind of Fairy Tale
“Because two people in love don't make a hive mind. Neither should they want to be a hive mind, to think the same, to know the same. It's about being separate and still loving each other, being distinct from each other. One is the violin string one is the bow.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantShouldMindStillsTwoStringsBowsViolinHives Book:The Silent Land: A novel Source: The Silent Land: A novel
“But there are times in life when a door opens and you are offered a glimpse of the light on the water, and you know that if you don't take it, that door slams shut, and maybe forever. Maybe you fool yourself into thinking that you had a choice at all; maybe you were always going to say yes. Maybe refusing was no more a choice than is holding your breath. You were always going to breathe. You were always going to say yes.” IfsThinkingKnowsLightChoicesWaterForeverDoorsFoolBreathsBreatheGlimpseSlam Author:Graham Joyce
“The thing is, when everyone is trying to persuade you that a thing you know to be true isn't actually true, you start to believe them: not because it is true but because it's easier. It's just the easy way out.” KnowsWayTryingBelieveEasyEasierBeing TrueEasy WayTrue You Book:Some Kind of Fairy Tale Source: Some Kind of Fairy Tale
“The bluebells made such a pool that the earth had become like water, and all the trees and bushes seemed to have grown out of the water. And the sky above seemed to have fallen down on to the earth floor; and I didn’t know if the sky was the earth or the earth was water. I had been turned upside down. I had to hold the rock with my fingernails to stop me falling into the sky of the earth or the water of the sky. But I couldn’t hold on.” IfsKnowsMadeEarthFallWaterTreeSkyRocksFallenPoolUpside DownFingernailsBluebells Book:Some Kind of Fairy Tale Source: Some Kind of Fairy Tale
