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title: "3 Island Quotes By Kirsty Logan"
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> [“Ishbel read maps like storybooks. She was getting off the island, and no one was going to stop her. That was all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-logan/ishbel-read-maps-like-storybooks-she-was-getting-off-the-island-and/)

[Kirsty Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-logan/)

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> [“She used to be all right, Una, when we were kids. I liked that she wasn't fussed about her antlers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-logan/she-used-to-be-all-right-una-when-we-were-kids-i-liked-that-she-wasn/)

[Kirsty Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-logan/)

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> [“Painted and smiling, I balance on my trapeze. Luka is poised ten metres away, his muscles shining under the lights. The wooden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-logan/painted-and-smiling-i-balance-on-my-trapeze-luka-is-poised-ten-metres/)

[Kirsty Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-logan/)

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## Other authors on Island

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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anthea-turner-14023.jpg) Yance Ford 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/island/yance-ford/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-zara-mcdermott-6451.jpg) Zara McDermott 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/island/zara-mcdermott/)

## More by Kirsty Logan

> [“It began with the Christmas tree lights. They were candy-bright, mouth-size. She wanted to feel the lightness of them on her tongue, the spark…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-logan/it-began-with-the-christmas-tree-lights-they-were-candy-bright-mouth/)

[Kirsty Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-logan/)

> [“Ishbel read maps like storybooks. She was getting off the island, and no one was going to stop her. That was all just romance,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-logan/ishbel-read-maps-like-storybooks-she-was-getting-off-the-island-and/)

[Kirsty Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-logan/)

> [“I look at the world below us: the restless crowd, the glare of lights, the motes of sawdust in the air. 'Say you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-logan/i-look-at-the-world-below-us-the-restless-crowd-the-glare-of-lights/)

[Kirsty Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-logan/)

> [“They see the straight line of my jaw along the length of their thighs and they see how it fits, the geometry of bodies.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-logan/they-see-the-straight-line-of-my-jaw-along-the-length-of-their-thighs/)

[Kirsty Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-logan/)

> [“We fall asleep as close as ears of wheat: chest to back, fingers entwined. I kiss the skin at the nape of her neck,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-logan/we-fall-asleep-as-close-as-ears-of-wheat-chest-to-back-fingers/)

[Kirsty Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-logan/)

> [“Walking out of the office, her nervous fingers made an ear out of the tissue in her pocket – luckily the thin sheets wouldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-logan/walking-out-of-the-office-her-nervous-fingers-made-an-ear-out-of-the/)

[Kirsty Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-logan/)

> [“Elimae was a magician with a key in her mouth, a foreign language, a matryoshka doll: uncomplicated on the surface, but with a dozen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-logan/elimae-was-a-magician-with-a-key-in-her-mouth-a-foreign-language-a/)

[Kirsty Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-logan/)

> [“Once upon a time there was an empress, trapped as a ghost in the ruins of a jewelled palace, cursed to find another soul…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-logan/once-upon-a-time-there-was-an-empress-trapped-as-a-ghost-in-the-ruins/)

[Kirsty Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-logan/)

> [“That August, Elodie Selkirk became the latest lady in Paris to order a coin-operated boy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-logan/that-august-elodie-selkirk-became-the-latest-lady-in-paris-to-order-a/)

[Kirsty Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-logan/)

> [“Walking through the hospital's main entrance, with Hope's grip squeezing tight her hand, Lauren sees Saint Felicity cradling the bones of her seven murdered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-logan/walking-through-the-hospital-s-main-entrance-with-hope-s-grip/)

[Kirsty Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-logan/)

> [“Momma was with the pony last night. Lily and me have him in the mornings, and we give him a wash with the shammy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-logan/momma-was-with-the-pony-last-night-lily-and-me-have-him-in-the/)

[Kirsty Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-logan/)

> [“I met Baba Yaga at the end of childhood – past pigtails and fairytales, but not quite ready to give up on make-believe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-logan/i-met-baba-yaga-at-the-end-of-childhood-past-pigtails-and-fairytales/)

[Kirsty Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-logan/)

> [“She used to be all right, Una, when we were kids. I liked that she wasn't fussed about her antlers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-logan/she-used-to-be-all-right-una-when-we-were-kids-i-liked-that-she-wasn/)

[Kirsty Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-logan/)

> [“Painted and smiling, I balance on my trapeze. Luka is poised ten metres away, his muscles shining under the lights. The wooden circles in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-logan/painted-and-smiling-i-balance-on-my-trapeze-luka-is-poised-ten-metres/)

[Kirsty Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-logan/)

> [“We grab handfuls of bottles and climb up onto the roof of the house. She stumbles and her foot slips into the gutter sopped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-logan/we-grab-handfuls-of-bottles-and-climb-up-onto-the-roof-of-the-house/)

[Kirsty Logan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-logan/)

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