“I warn you, though, he's not the happiest corpse in the morgue. Not much of a talker, Neville Whittnish.” — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
“All night, far above him the light stood guard, slicing the darkness like a sword.” — M.L. Stedman Darkness Copy Share Image
“Mind you keep out of the sun, now. Don’t want you spoiling your skin with freckles,” — M.L. Stedman Freckles Copy Share Image
“a lighthouse warns of danger--tells people to keep their distance. She had mistaken it for a place of safety.” — M.L. Stedman Danger Copy Share Image
“Perhaps when it comes to it, no one is just the worst thing they ever did.” — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
“needed mothering. Grief and distance bound the wound, perfecting the bond” — M.L. Stedman Death Copy Share Image
“Being over there changes a man. Right and wrong don't look so different anymore to some.” — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
“The only thing we can do is love that little girl as much as she deserves. And never, never hurt her!” — M.L. Stedman Little girl Copy Share Image
“The smell of the eucalyptus had wafted for miles offshore from Albany, and when the scent faded away he was suddenly sick… — M.L. Stedman Smell Copy Share Image
“Everything's ruined. Nothing can ever be put right." Tom rested a hand on hers. "We've put things right as well as we… — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
“If the war had taught her anything, it was to take nothing for granted: that it wasn’t safe to put off what… — M.L. Stedman Life Copy Share Image
“The town draws a veil over certain events. This is a small community, where everyone knows that sometimes the contract to forget… — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
“I can forgive and forget... it is so much less exhausting. You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to… — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
“There are still more days to travel in this life. And he knows that the man who makes the journey has been… — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
“Our own star! Like the world's been made just for us! With the sunshine and the ocean. We have each other all… — M.L. Stedman Astronomy Copy Share Image
“Maatsuyker, the wild island south of Tasmania where it rained most days of the year and the chickens blew into the sea… — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
“The oceans never stop ... the wind never finishes. Sometimes it disappears, but only to gather momentum from somewhere else, returning to… — M.L. Stedman Oceans Copy Share Image
“You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day. You have to keep remembering… — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
“There are still more days to travel in this life. And he knows that the man who makes the journey has been… — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
“There, all gone, Luce.” And the little girl continued to open and squint shut her eyes. “All gone,” she said eventually. Then,… — M.L. Stedman Little girl Copy Share Image
“You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day. You have to keep remembering… — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
“It occurs to him that there are different versions of himself to farewell—the abandoned eight-year-old; the delusional soldier who hovered somewhere in… — M.L. Stedman Mind Copy Share Image
“As Tom wandered back to Mrs Mewett’s, he thought about the little relics at the lighthouse – Docherty’s knitting, his wife’s jar… — M.L. Stedman Death Copy Share Image
“The oceans never stop. They know no beginning or end. The wind never finishes. Sometimes it disappears, but only to gather momentum… — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
“And the stars: the sky gets crowded at night, and it is a bit like watching a clock, seeing the constellations slide… — M.L. Stedman Constancy Copy Share Image
“Akward, like when a mad aunt starts up about Jesus at the dinner table. As Septimus showed him to the door, the… — M.L. Stedman Dinner table Copy Share Image
“When it comes to the ocean, anything’s possible, I suppose. Anything at all.” — M.L. Stedman Ocean Copy Share Image
“You don't make an omelette without breaking eggs, I'm afraid” — M.L. Stedman Breaking eggs Copy Share Image
“Isabel sat up, and looked deep into his eyes. ‘What goes on in there, I wonder?” — M.L. Stedman Eyes Copy Share Image
“That's what bravery is. Standing by the consequences of your mistakes.” — M.L. Stedman Bravery Copy Share Image
“If a lighthouse looks like it's in a different place, it's not the lighthouse that's moved.” — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
“With the composure that had first drawn Septimus to her mother Hanna stood straight and very still. "If that's how you want… — M.L. Stedman Parenting Copy Share Image
“Her bond with the couple who raised her is fierce and beyond questioning. She cannot name the sensation of losing them as… — M.L. Stedman Grief Copy Share Image
“It’s a hard job, and a busy one. The lightkeepers have no union, not like the men on the store boats –… — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
