Inga Simpson > Quotes

“As she learned since, the moments that most change your life, you never see coming. Your position, from deep within the movement - the shift itself - does not permit a clear view. It is just a feeling, a sense of the ground loosening beneath your feet.”
― Inga Simpson, Nest

“We were all grinning and everyone had their eyes open for once. Ian must have been moving - his hand was blurred. It was exactly how I imagined us, right down to Kieran's arm around me and the peace sign he was making above Matty's head. The big carving was behind us, and the other trees leaned into the picture, like giant people.

Then a cloud went over the sun and Ian said he had better get going. I wished we had taken five pictures so that we could all have a copy. When I looked at the image again, the colours had already started to fade, as if it was a moment we could never have back.”
― Inga Simpson, Where the Trees Were

“Fruit was a way to travel the world without leaving home.”
― Inga Simpson, Mr Wigg

“Shakespeare, for all his fine ability with the word, clearly had not appreciated pears, for they did not get one positive mention in all of his works.”
― Inga Simpson, Mr Wigg

“Sometimes he wondered if there was one moment, one intersection, offering up another path in life. How things turned out was partly out of your hands, but what if that one chance slipped by unnoticed?”
― Inga Simpson, Mr Wigg