“Marcus Aurelius, AD 121-180, author of Meditations. Quoth said emperor: It is not death a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. And also: You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realise this, and… — Claire North Copy Share Image
“She smiled and understood my meaning without it needing to be said. She leaned in close and murmured in my ear, ‘The world is… — Claire North Copy Share Image
“alone with the endless morning, and knew that the world was beautiful beyond naming.” — Claire North Copy Share Image
“My loss of faith was not revelatory, nor intensely distressing. It was a prolonged growth of resignation, one which the events of my life… — Claire North Copy Share Image
“Everyone who dies was once a child; every child once had a dream of something else; every child must die. It is important to… — Claire North Copy Share Image
“No one’s really racist any more, just as no one’s really sexist. They’ve just got their view about things, you see.” — Claire North Copy Share Image
“If you forget the joy of this day, then what joy you give to others will also be forgotten, and your life has no… — Claire North Copy Share Image
“Until you have not been free, you cannot understand what freedom means.” — Claire North Copy Share Image
“What I don’t understand is that when the British public voted to name a research vessel Boaty McBoatface, the government said no. But when… — Claire North Copy Share Image
“She was crying, silently, holding my arm, crying. I let her cry a while, held her close, felt her snot and tears on my… — Claire North Copy Share Image
“Time was simple, is simple. We can divide it into simple parts, measure it, arrange dinner by it, drink whisky to its passage. We… — Claire North Copy Share Image
“As a boy, I grew up in a time of invention, of aspiration and wonderful dreams, and to be a scientist, a doctor, an… — Claire North Copy Share Image
“No, it’s … sometimes it’s that, but sometimes … I’m sent for an idea. In Greenland I was sent for a man, but I… — Claire North Copy Share Image
