Niamh

“He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

“Fiction is the enemy of history. Fiction makes us believe in structure, in beginnings and middles and endings, in tragedy and comedy. There is neither tragedy nor comedy in war, only disorder and harm.”
― Sarah Moss, The Tidal Zone

“It’s an awful truth that suffering can deepen us, give a greater luster to our colors, a richer resonance to our words. That is, if it doesn’t destroy us, if it doesn’t burn away the optimism and the spirit, the capacity for visions, and the respect for simple yet indispensable things.”
― Anne Rice, The Vampire Chronicles Collection: Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned

“I didn't then like the thought of my own bones, waiting inside me for their own eventual exposure.”
― Sarah Moss, Ghost Wall