Quote by Alice McDermott

“Her life was a scattering of small moments, bits of meaningful conversations, and bright dashes of beauty where least expected.”

— Robin Jones Gunn

“She wondered if she was alone in having nothing between the dullness of her own days and the sheer brilliance of this imagined life.”

— Colm Tóibín

“It was only in the first few years that she felt herself screaming silently, at times, for a glimpse of human ability, a single…

— Ayn Rand

“There were moments when she longed blindly for anything different, anything strange, remote and untried; but the utmost reach of her imagination did not…

— Edith Wharton

“Her life was filled with contrast, an inexplicable mystery. She always left you breathless, craving a little bit more.”

— Nikki Rowe

“[She was] a creature full of eager, passionate longings for all that was beautiful and glad; thirsty for all knowledge; with an ear straining…

— George Eliot

“She was seeking herself and finding herself in just such sweet, half-darkness which met her moods. But the voices were not soothing that came…

— Kate Chopin

“Speaking felt impossible, as contained and enclosed as she was, a longing that went on a loop, a longing for nothing at all.”

— Catherine Lacey

“Her manner was as though she were talking of a distant foreign literature. There was something lonely, something sad in it, something that rather…

— Yasunari Kawabata

“Never again, she vowed, would she live a noisy life that killed her dreams. They were her reason for living, the only thing that…

— Elizabeth Goudge

“To her, I knew, I had already taken on the quality of a dream. I was merging into the saga, and she, fascinated, bewildered,…

— Rachel Ferguson

“And from that moment, I watched her. Watched her with different coloured eyes, until the raging energy that coursed through my body finally revealed…

— Sarah Winman