“We tend to see life as a continuum, but really, it's a series of phases, generating a series of different selves. You leave one life behind and start another. And each time, a different version of yourself emerges.” — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
“I understand how families become estranged, not by design, but by embarrassment. You come to a point when so much time has passed that… — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
“I never expected to find myself here, on the edge of the continent--childless, possibly jobless, with broken bones and a broken marriage, citizen of… — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
“I guess I'm just stuck on the idea that there's this monumental machine, and we're all part of it. Most of the time, we don't even stop to think about how it works. We just go about our business, doing our part, trusting that everyone else will do their part, and the machine will keep functioning. But all it takes… — Michelle Richmond Copy Share
“I already have a son One is enough? There was a time when I dreamt of having three or four but I rather failed… — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
“As the years progress and we experience more and more, the mini-narratives that make up our lives are distorted, corrupted, so that every one… — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
Every story is flawed, every story is subject to change. Even after it is set down to print, between covers of a book, a story is not immune to alteration. People can go on telling it in their own way, remembering it the way they want. And in each telling the ending may change, or even the beginning. Inevitably, in… — Michelle Richmond Copy Share
Some people have a gift for making you feel okay, just by the fact of their presence. — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
“I've thought far more about marriage in recent months than I ever did before. What is the marriage contract? The general assumption we have about marriage is that it involves two people building a life together. But what I wonder is this: Does it require each person to give up the life they built before? Must we shed our former… — Michelle Richmond Copy Share
“Technical speaking one is a beautiful number. One is its own factorial, its own square, its own cube. It is neither a prime number nor a composite number. It is the first two numbers of the Fibonacci sequence. It is the empty product. Any number raised to the zero power is one. It might be argued that one is the… — Michelle Richmond Copy Share
With Amaryllis in Blueberry, Christina Meldrum has woven a beautifully layered, intensely emotional story, with unforgettable characters whose voices will remain with you long… — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
“Whenever I feel old—which seems to be happening more and more often these days—Alice tells me to imagine taking a picture of myself, then… — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
“History is made not of facts set in stone but of the stories we tell.” — Michelle Richmond Copy Share Image
