“...sentences swallowed and sung back and swallowed all over again. She was made entirely out of words.”
― Emma Donoghue, quote from Landing
“It was like wanting ice cream instead of meat loaf, and being told that children in refugee camps would be grateful for the meat loaf. Yes, of course she had nothing to complain about, compared to so many people, but when had that ever stopped anyone from complaining? Happiness was a balloon that always hovered just out of arm's reach.”
― Emma Donoghue, quote from Landing
“Their next reunion shifted like an oasis on the horizon, and Jude couldn't plot her course. She trudged through her days, haunted by the feeling that real life was happening five thousand kilometers away.”
― Emma Donoghue, quote from Landing
“She was with Jude so rarely that when she was, every cell of her body rang with grateful knowledge of it.”
― Emma Donoghue, quote from Landing
“The human mind needs boundaries. Without them it would fall in on itself, like a crushed honeycomb.”
― Emma Donoghue, quote from Landing
Emma Donoghue
Born place: in Dublin, Ireland
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“It appears history is going to keep happening, despite our hopes for retirement.”
― Gregory Maguire, quote from Out of Oz
“You're valuable to God...It doesn't matter what you look like or even what talents you have. He cherishes you. You're beautiful in his sight.”
― Janice Thompson, quote from Fools Rush In
“«Дон Хуан объяснил, что в энергетическом потоке вселенной имеются входы и выходы, и что в конкретном случае сновидения входов — семь. Сновидящий воспринимает их как препятствия, которые и были названы магами семью вратами сновидения.
— Первые врата — это особый порог. Преодолевается он посредством осознания особого ощущения, возникающего перед тем, как человек проваливается в глубокий сон, — говорил дон Хуан. — Это ощущение сродни чувству приятной тяжести, которая не дает нам открыть глаза. Мы достигаем врат в то самое мгновение, когда осознаем, что засыпаем, паря во тьме и ощущении тяжести.
— Но как я могу осознать, что засыпаю? Существуют ли какие-либо специальные приемы?
— Нет. Никаких специальных приемов. Просто намерение осознать, что засыпаешь.
— Но откуда мне взять такое намерение?
— Намерение — это вещь, о которой очень сложно сказать что-нибудь вразумительное. Если я или кто бы то ни было попытается объяснить, что такое намерение, — его слова будут напоминать идиотический бред. Сейчас я попробую сформулировать. Маг формирует намерение совершить то, что он намерен совершить, просто за счет того, что он намеревается это совершить.»”
― Carlos Castaneda, quote from The Art of Dreaming
“Forget the threat of Hell's infernal flames. The true torture would condemn a man to wait and wait and wait - for an eternity”
― Sharon Kay Penman, quote from Lionheart
“You're right, baby. We began out of something ugly. But what we became was something beautiful. I just wish I could make you see that.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Bad Rep
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