Running away was easy; not knowing what to do next was the hard part.

- Glenda Millard

I know that sentence is long and has too many joining words in it but sometimes, when I'm angry, words burst out of me like a shout, or, if I'm sad, …

- Glenda Millard

Then I kissed Max because I loved him, and everyone I had ever loved before had gone away and I had never kissed them goodbye

- Glenda Millard

When the doors closed behind me I felt like a bird had got inside my chest and was beating its wings trying to get loose, and it wasn't leaving much …

- Glenda Millard

I didn't know what to say when someone's given you a small free kiss in the dark.

- Glenda Millard

Books are many things: lullabies for the weary, ointment for the wounded, armour for the fearful and nests for those in need of a home.

- Glenda Millard

I don't make promises in case I can't keep them. Sometimes you can't help it; things stop you.

- Glenda Millard

I wasn't going to let things happen to me any more. I was going to make them happen.

- Glenda Millard

You might think what I tell you next is all a dream, or that I've imagined it. I can't help it if that's what you think, but I swear it's true. Somet…

- Glenda Millard