“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 many taboos that people are completely fragmented. That's the joke of it. They cling rigidly to… — 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
