“Putting down the burden of the lie has meant giving up the freedom of the dream.” — M.L. Stedman Dreams Copy Share Image
“We live with the decisions we make, Bill. That’s what bravery is. Standing by the consequences of your mistakes.” — M.L. Stedman Bravery Copy Share Image
“Well, you just had to count your blessings and be thankful things weren't worse.” — M.L. Stedman Blessings Copy Share Image
“The northern side of the island is a sheer granite cliff which sets its jaw stiffly against the ocean below.” — M.L. Stedman Island Copy Share Image
“You don't make an omelette without breaking eggs, I'm afraid” — M.L. Stedman Breaking eggs Copy Share Image
“Isabel sat up, and looked deep into his eyes. ‘What goes on in there, I wonder?” — M.L. Stedman Eyes Copy Share Image
“That's what bravery is. Standing by the consequences of your mistakes.” — M.L. Stedman Bravery Copy Share Image
“If a lighthouse looks like it's in a different place, it's not the lighthouse that's moved.” — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
“Beside him now on the veranda, Isabel was saying, "even though you hadn't seen him for years, he was still your dad.… — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
“Later still, the war memorials would sprout from the earth, dwelling not on the loss, but on what the loss had won,… — M.L. Stedman Memorials Copy Share Image
“The man who makes the journey has been shaped by every day and every person along the way. Scars are just another… — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
“He’s lived the life he’s lived. He’s loved the woman he’s loved. No one ever has or ever will travel quite the… — M.L. Stedman Life Copy Share Image
“They [the stars] just kept shining, no matter what was going on. I think of the light here like that, like a… — M.L. Stedman Astronomy Copy Share Image
“With the composure that had first drawn Septimus to her mother Hanna stood straight and very still. "If that's how you want… — M.L. Stedman Parenting Copy Share Image
“Her bond with the couple who raised her is fierce and beyond questioning. She cannot name the sensation of losing them as… — M.L. Stedman Grief Copy Share Image
“There are still more days to travel in this life. And he knows that the man who makes the journey has been… — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
“Or I can forgive and forget...Oh, but my treasure, it is so much less exhausting. You only have to forgive once. To… — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
“Very slowly, he turned a full circle, taking in the nothingness of it all. It seemed his lungs could never be large… — M.L. Stedman Full circle Copy Share Image
“Tom isn't one of the men whose legs trailed by a hank of sinews, or whose guts cascaded from their casing like… — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
“He traced the constellations as they slid their way across the roof of the world from dusk till dawn. The precision of… — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
“It’s a hard job, and a busy one. The lightkeepers have no union, not like the men on the store boats –… — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
“It occurs to him that there are different versions of himself to farewell—the abandoned eight-year-old; the delusional soldier who hovered somewhere in… — M.L. Stedman Mind Copy Share Image
“As Tom wandered back to Mrs Mewett’s, he thought about the little relics at the lighthouse – Docherty’s knitting, his wife’s jar… — M.L. Stedman Death Copy Share Image
“The oceans never stop. They know no beginning or end. The wind never finishes. Sometimes it disappears, but only to gather momentum… — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
“The old clock on the kitchen wall still clicked its minutes with fussy punctuality. A life had come and gone and nature… — M.L. Stedman Incantation Copy Share Image
“There had never been guarantee that conception would lead to a live birth, or that birth would lead to a life of… — M.L. Stedman Birth Copy Share Image
“The only thing we can do is love that little girl as much as she deserves. And never, never hurt her!” — M.L. Stedman Little girl Copy Share Image
“When it comes to the ocean, anything’s possible, I suppose. Anything at all.” — M.L. Stedman Ocean Copy Share Image
“Being over there changes a man. Right and wrong don't look so different anymore to some.” — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
“Perhaps when it comes to it, no one is just the worst thing they ever did.” — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
“needed mothering. Grief and distance bound the wound, perfecting the bond” — M.L. Stedman Death Copy Share Image
“Our own star! Like the world's been made just for us! With the sunshine and the ocean. We have each other all… — M.L. Stedman Astronomy Copy Share Image
“Maatsuyker, the wild island south of Tasmania where it rained most days of the year and the chickens blew into the sea… — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
“You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day. You have to keep remembering… — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
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