“We tend to see life as a continuum, but really, it's a series of phases, generating a series of different selves. You leave one life behind and start another. And each time, a different version of yourself emerges.” — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
“I understand how families become estranged, not by design, but by embarrassment. You come to a point when so much time has passed that… — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
“I never expected to find myself here, on the edge of the continent--childless, possibly jobless, with broken bones and a broken marriage, citizen of… — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
“I guess I'm just stuck on the idea that there's this monumental machine, and we're all part of it. Most of the time, we… — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
“I already have a son One is enough? There was a time when I dreamt of having three or four but I rather failed… — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
“As the years progress and we experience more and more, the mini-narratives that make up our lives are distorted, corrupted, so that every one… — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
Every story is flawed, every story is subject to change. Even after it is set down to print, between covers of a book, a… — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
Some people have a gift for making you feel okay, just by the fact of their presence. — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
“I've thought far more about marriage in recent months than I ever did before. What is the marriage contract? The general assumption we have… — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
“Technical speaking one is a beautiful number. One is its own factorial, its own square, its own cube. It is neither a prime number… — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
With Amaryllis in Blueberry, Christina Meldrum has woven a beautifully layered, intensely emotional story, with unforgettable characters whose voices will remain with you long… — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
“Whenever I feel old—which seems to be happening more and more often these days—Alice tells me to imagine taking a picture of myself, then… — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
“History is made not of facts set in stone but of the stories we tell.” — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
“I asked her to tell me what the best moment of her life had been Did she? Yes, she told me about a trip… — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
To be a writer you have to write -- and no academic degree is going to do the writing for you. — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
I have a hunch that our obsession with photography arises from an unspoken pessimism; it is our nature to believe the good things will… — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
