“Grief was like a terrible burden, but at least you could lay it down by the side of the road and walk away from it. Antonia had come only a few paces, but already she could turn and look back and not weep. It wasn't anything to do with forgetting. It was just accepting. Nothing was ever so bad once you had accepted it.” LooksTurnsSidesWalksForgetGriefAcceptingTerribleLaysBurdenAcceptedPaceAntonia Book:The Shell Seekers Source: The Shell Seekers
“She thought of the last couple of years: the boredom, the narrowness of existence, the dearth of anything to look forward to. Yet now, in a single instant, the curtains had been whipped aside, and the windows been thrown open onto a brillant view that had been there, waiting for her, all the time. A view, moreover, laden with the most marvellous possibilities and opportunities.” YearsLooksLastsOpportunityWaitingViewsExistencePossibilityCoupleWindowBoredInstantBoredomThrownCurtainsMarvellous Book:The Shell Seekers Source: The Shell Seekers
