quotes by Nick Bantock

"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

"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)

"in the caves of my heart, where pain taps out its rhythms and sorrow sets its loss, i am without direction."
— Nick Bantock (Windflower: A Novel)

"she hurriedly wipes her eyes so that he can see the girl he wishes."
— Nick Bantock (Windflower: A Novel)

"her mother is asking her a question and she is forced to resurface from the sanctuary of daydream."
— Nick Bantock (Windflower: A Novel)

"I was frightened to go forward, but I was even more frightened of going back."
— Nick Bantock (Windflower: A Novel)

"Why is it that looking down seems so much higher than looking up?"
— Nick Bantock (Windflower: A Novel)