Quote by Wendy Blackburn

“Joan had told me a story once about some elephants in captivity somewhere, how as babies they were put into ankle cuffs with chains…

— Wendy Blackburn

“In a rush, Joan and Timothy and the log cabin and the prayers and even those tough little pieces of beachglass came into my…

— Wendy Blackburn

“She told me to keep writing. After my journal filled up, I bought another one. As I wrote and read my entries to Joan,…

— Wendy Blackburn

“Sometimes I felt like I was running from somewhere, but other times I felt like I was running to somewhere. (178)”

— Wendy Blackburn

“Then she compared the work we did to the peeling of an onion: "It takes a long time, and we peel the layers slowly,…

— Wendy Blackburn

“A friend of mine said that dogs and kids were great as long as you let them run around and tire themselves out. My…

— Wendy Blackburn

“I spent the next two hours down there, first sitting in the sand, sifting and swirling, watching the grains fall from the webs of…

— Wendy Blackburn

“I was starting to understand that the more you talked about something the less it hurt, each telling deflating it a little bit more.…

— Wendy Blackburn

“I wanted everything to freeze, it was finally where I wanted it, and I whispered to my empty dining room, "Nobody move." Timothy was…

— Wendy Blackburn

“It was beautiful not despite but because of the friction it has had to endure. It had been thrashed around, but instead of being…

— Wendy Blackburn

“As we ate, I watched the waves crashing and thought about the erosion, the turning of rock into sand, and how long it takes…

— Wendy Blackburn

“Timothy said there were just those people who, when it all came down to that final moment and you were leaving Earth on a…

— Wendy Blackburn