“You are born with the yearning arrow, my Glynna, though you are not yet fully aware of it. It is not a happy thing to possess, for nothing on earth - no goal, no person how ever beloved - will answer it. It points to the sky and to the heavens and the stars and when it cannot reach them, it must fall back to pierce your heart.” HeartPersonsEarthFallHeavenStarsGoalBornAnswersSkyBelovedYearningArrowsPierceFall BackHappy Things Author:Isobelle Carmody
“Here's the thing. I hate kids. Always have. I mean, I know the job of the race, biologically speaking, is to achieve immortality through reproduction, but the idea of getting impregnated and blowing up like a balloon as I serve as a carrier and service unit for this other person who will eventually burst out of me in the most terrifying way imaginable, then carry on using me one way or another for the rest of my life, is right up there with throwing myself off the top of a twenty-story building. If I have a biological clock, it is digital and does not tick.” IfsKnowsWayMeanPersonsDoeIdeasStoriesKidsJobsLife IsHateRaceAchieveBuildingI HateTwentiesOne WayClockImmortalityDigitalThrowingUnitsReproductionBalloonsTickUsing MeCarrierBlowing UpThings I HateBiological Clock Author:Isobelle Carmody
“The mirror had broken into millions of pieces and the wind blew them all over the world. If a person got a speck in their eye, the person would only see the ugly side of things from then on, but if a piece got in their blood and it reached their heart, it would freeze into a solid block of ice and they couldn't feel anything anymore” IfsWorldFeelsHeartPersonsEyeSidesMillionsPiecesBloodWindBrokenMirrorsUglyBlockIceFreezeSpecks Author:Isobelle Carmody
