Arise Quote by Michelle Richmond

“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

“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

“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…

— Michelle Richmond

“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

“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

Every story is flawed, every story is subject to change. Even after it is set down to print, between covers of a book, a…

— Michelle Richmond

Some people have a gift for making you feel okay, just by the fact of their presence.

— Michelle Richmond

“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…

— Michelle Richmond

“Technical speaking one is a beautiful number. One is its own factorial, its own square, its own cube. It is neither a prime number…

— Michelle Richmond

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

“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

“History is made not of facts set in stone but of the stories we tell.”

— Michelle Richmond