“My uncle read me Omar Khayyam. In Arabic. Not Turkish or even English. I tried so hard to understand it. I would ask him what it all meant but he always said the pleasure was in the finding out... the… — Miranda Emmerson Copy Share Image
“How do you explain to a child who likes everyone in the world that adult life consists to a great extent of cutting people… — Miranda Emmerson Copy Share Image
“She became fascinated by the statue of Edith Cavell and would stand at the base of it in the freezing cold of a December… — Miranda Emmerson Copy Share Image
“My uncle read me Omar Khayyam. In Arabic. Not Turkish or even English. I tried so hard to understand it. I would ask him… — Miranda Emmerson Copy Share Image
“She honestly could not tell if she loved London or loathed it. For she could not decide for herself what London was at all.” — Miranda Emmerson Copy Share Image
“I feel like I could disappear because I'm not real to other people.” — Miranda Emmerson Copy Share Image
“But life. It rushes by and then you think you'll see people... You think you'll do things and have time for this and time… — Miranda Emmerson Copy Share Image
“I feel as if I'm disappearing. I wake, I work, I eat, I sleep. No family, no great career. I could disappear tomorrow, like… — Miranda Emmerson Copy Share Image
