“There was more, he was sure. He could feel it. Something deeper. More profound. More worthy. More likeable. It was like a bittersweet yearning for something that was so familiar it hurt. Something he'd lost without even knowing he'd lost… — Alan McCluskey Copy Share Image
“Organised religion generally gets in the way of spiritual experience.” — Alan McCluskey Copy Share Image
“The boy wanted to be accepted as he was, to be reassured that he was not a monster, to be loved by someone, not… — Alan McCluskey Copy Share Image
“A stylized sun and moon, joined by a horizontal bar, floated above a country divided in two by a river that snaked between them.” — Alan McCluskey Copy Share Image
“But if you stray too far on the side of distance and strictness, you end up hard and unapproachable. So you need to be… — Alan McCluskey Copy Share Image
“Anger is unpleasant, for all concerned," John said. "We'd prefer not to have anything to do with it, but it is the expression of… — Alan McCluskey Copy Share Image
“Silence is the door to Oran Mor. Close your eyes. Quieten your thoughts. And listen. Listen in particular to the sound of the waves.… — Alan McCluskey Copy Share Image
“Instead of writing backwards over what had happened, giving structure and meaning to his story, he wrote forwards, slipping into troubling futures.” — Alan McCluskey Copy Share Image
“Writing a story about a place calls that world into existence. Sometimes, as the author, you accompany it for a while. But even as… — Alan McCluskey Copy Share Image
“When the battle is over, the winners find it very hard not to pursue their violence. If you are strong enough to hold violence,… — Alan McCluskey Copy Share Image
“He felt a deep urge to put some order in this chaos. Leaning against a large standing-stone by the wayside, he drew out his… — Alan McCluskey Copy Share Image
“It's also about integration: owning up to the parts of yourself, however much you might not like them. In the Real there are so… — Alan McCluskey Copy Share Image
