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“engaging with her internal linguistics”
consorting with the Truth Fairy
Her grandmother had once told her that one could blame ugliness on one’s genes and ignorance on one’s education, but there was absolutely no excuse whatsoever for being dull.
a sharp, spiky unfolded paper clip of a woman
engineered her own failures. Had she become an habitual coward, afraid to climb in case she fell?
The house was her emotional and physical fortress, and Anthony her shining knight.
Her capacity to care was instinctive. It was her greatest asset and her greatest vulnerability;
For Padua was more than just a house; it was a safe place to heal. A sanctuary for licking wounds, drying tears, and rebuilding dreams—however long it took. However long it took a broken person to be strong enough to face the world again. And he hoped that by his choosing her to finish his task, it might set Laura free. For he knew she was in exile at Padua—comfortable and self-imposed, but an exile nonetheless.
“In this world, Daisy, we are tiny. We can’t always win and we can’t always be happy. But the one thing that we can always do is try.
But then hope went well with faith, didn’t it?
She knows the words that we all use, but I suppose she just likes hers better.”
“If you never get sadness, how do you know what happy is like?” she asked.
“Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, funk to punky. We know Major Tom’s a monkey. We can be heroes just for today.”
He was her North, her South, her East, her West, Her working week and Sunday vest, She was his moon and stars and favorite song, They thought that love would last forever: they weren’t wrong.
She had gathered in all the words that had been spoken, or rather yelled, and was hoping to sort them out into some kind of sense later.
But she had never given up hope that one day, the real Laura would reemerge victorious, in glorious, shining Technicolor.
I’ve always believed in you. It’s not just Sunshine that you’re hiding from; it’s everything. And it’s time to stop hiding and start kicking life up the arse. And to hell with what anyone else thinks,”
you have to let go of the past. You deserve to be happy, but you have to make it happen yourself. It’s down to you.
you’re a grown woman now, so start behaving like one. Don’t keep punishing yourself for things you did then, but don’t use them as an excuse either. You have a chance now to make a really good life. Grab it by the balls and get on with it.”
She was determined to find the woman whom she knew was still in there and get her out. By force, if necessary.
It was slowly dawning on Laura that life was still exciting and full of possibilities; opportunities that she had wasted years of her life wishing for instead of chasing. She had some serious catching up to do.
