Afterwards, in bed with a book, the spell of television feels remote compared to the journey into the page. To be in a book. To slip into the crease where two pages meet, to live in the place where your eyes alight upon the words to ignite a world of smoke and peril, colour and serene delight. That is a journey no one can end with the change of a channel. Enduring magic.
Lies like that are not a sin, they are a sacrifice. - Ann-Marie Macdonald
Lies like that are not a sin, they are a sacrifice.
- Ann-Marie Macdonald
Materia had been just six when they docked in Sydney Harbour and her father said, 'Look. This is the New World. Anything is possible here.' She's bee… - Ann-Marie Macdonald
Materia had been just six when they docked in Sydney Harbour and her father said, 'Look. This is the New World. Anything is possible here.' She's bee…
She's no lady. Her songs are all unbelievably unhappy or lewd. It's called Blues. She sings about sore feet, sexual relations, baked goods, killing y… - Ann-Marie Macdonald
She's no lady. Her songs are all unbelievably unhappy or lewd. It's called Blues. She sings about sore feet, sexual relations, baked goods, killing y…
Depression is anger slowed down; panic is grief speeded up. - Ann-Marie Macdonald
Depression is anger slowed down; panic is grief speeded up.
Piece by piece living is hard to do. It may even feel like the hardest thing. But it has this going for it: you never need to know what it is you're … - Ann-Marie Macdonald
Piece by piece living is hard to do. It may even feel like the hardest thing. But it has this going for it: you never need to know what it is you're …
You think you're safe. Until you see a picture like that. And then you know you'll always be a slave to the present because the present is more power… - Ann-Marie Macdonald
You think you're safe. Until you see a picture like that. And then you know you'll always be a slave to the present because the present is more power…
The thief you must fear the most is not the one who steals mere things. - Ann-Marie Macdonald
The thief you must fear the most is not the one who steals mere things.
There are some stories you can't hear enough. They are the same every time you hear them. But you are not. That's one reliable way of understanding t… - Ann-Marie Macdonald
There are some stories you can't hear enough. They are the same every time you hear them. But you are not. That's one reliable way of understanding t…
The world should not be organized to require heroines, and when one is required but fails to appear, we should not judge. - Ann-Marie Macdonald
The world should not be organized to require heroines, and when one is required but fails to appear, we should not judge.
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