It is not simply what one remembers, but why. There are sites of amputation where the past is severed from the body… — Camilla Gibb Copy Share Image
“Clench clench these strong teeth in this strong mouth. My mouth. Of my body. In my house. My mouth? Chapped lips swollen and bloody?… — Camilla Gibb Copy Share Image
It is his absence that is part of me and has been for years. This is who I am, perhaps who we all are,… — Camilla Gibb Copy Share Image
“In tourism college they were taught that American notions of what constitutes a personal question are quite different from their own. Tư has learned… — Camilla Gibb Copy Share Image
“I marvelled at her capabilities as a mother - naturally empathic but no pushover, funny and generous, frank about her own limitations and the… — Camilla Gibb Copy Share Image
“If someone eliminates the obstacles you believe to be in front of you, then you have no choice but to try. Fail spectacularly, if… — Camilla Gibb Copy Share Image
It is not simply what one remembers, but why. There are sites of amputation where the past is severed from the body of the… — Camilla Gibb Copy Share Image
“She asked me if Christmas was a particularly tense time and whether my father had ever hit my mother while trimming the tree. I… — Camilla Gibb Copy Share Image
“I suspect we can all be domesticated by love, but when love is threatened or broken, our suspicions and mistrust are confirmed. Experience has… — Camilla Gibb Copy Share Image
That idea is strange to me. People keep on loving? People keep on loving even if you are not there in their face everyday… — Camilla Gibb Copy Share Image
“I never expected to be happy, to have a sense of belonging somewhere. I didn't grow up with a sense that this was possible… — Camilla Gibb Copy Share Image
“We come to know ourselves only through stories. We listen to the stories of others, we inherit the stories of those who came before,… — Camilla Gibb Copy Share Image
“The history of Vietnam lies in this bowl, for it is in Hanoi, the Vietnamese heart, that phở was born, a combination of the… — Camilla Gibb Copy Share Image
