Nick Bantock > Quotes

“The threads of circumstance that lead to tomorrow are so tenuous that all the fussing and worrying about decisions is futile compared to the pure randomness of existence.
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― Nick Bantock

“Pain and beauty, our constant bedfellows”
― Nick Bantock, Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence

“in the caves of my heart, where pain taps out its rhythms and sorrow sets its loss, i am without direction.”
― Nick Bantock, Windflower

“I was frightened to go forward, but I was even more frightened of going back.”
― Nick Bantock, Windflower

“she hurriedly wipes her eyes so that he can see the girl he wishes.”
― Nick Bantock, Windflower

“She demanded, "Give up your life of idolatry and become a doctor."
I declined. "I have my geraniums to look after.”
― Nick Bantock, The Forgetting Room: A Fiction

“Why is it that looking down seems so much higher than looking up?”
― Nick Bantock, Windflower

“her mother is asking her a question and she is forced to resurface from the sanctuary of daydream.”
― Nick Bantock, Windflower