“Matt had told me that cold was just the absence of heat, but it didn’t feel like that. It felt like a presence. It felt stealthy, like a thief. You had to wrap your clothes tight around you or it… — Mary Lawson Copy Share Image
“My Great Grandmother Morrison fixed a book-rest to her spinning wheel so that she could read while she was spinning, or so the story… — Mary Lawson Copy Share Image
“The lake hadn’t been frozen long and of all them had been expressly forbidden to go out on it, but Norman Pye, who was… — Mary Lawson Copy Share Image
You'd have thought that after suffering such a loss nothing else would matter to her but that didn't seem to be how it worked.… — Mary Lawson Copy Share Image
“Most children suffer from a crippling lack of stimulation. The brain is like any other muscle; use it, and it develops. Ignore it, and… — Mary Lawson Copy Share Image
Suddenly he saw himself as others in the crowd must surely see him; a silent, solitary figure, standing apart from the rest. He looked… — Mary Lawson Copy Share Image
“It was so easy for women,their arms opened out instinctively and they gathered in whatever hurt there was and that was that, they didn't… — Mary Lawson Copy Share Image
“I would like to be able to say that I threw myself into the spirit of it all, but the truth is, I still… — Mary Lawson Copy Share Image
“Arthur found himself staring down at the knife embedded in his foot. There was a surreal split second before the blood started to well… — Mary Lawson Copy Share Image
“Matt had told me that cold was just the absence of heat, but it didn’t feel like that. It felt like a presence. It… — Mary Lawson Copy Share Image
He'd assumed that you went to school because you had to learn things, starting off with the easy stuff and moving on to the… — Mary Lawson Copy Share Image
“You see the suffering of children all the time nowadays. Wars and famines are played out before us in our living rooms, and almost… — Mary Lawson Copy Share Image
