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Vanessa Wright
Goodreads Author
Born
in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
September 05, 1966
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Influences
Barbara Kingsolver, Stephen King
Member Since
July 2012
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/artysoul
Constant Companion
You arrived in a flurry of blood red cloak, wielding smouldering knives. I watched as your body came to a stop. You were used to making extravagant entrances. I looked into your blank face, turned and ran through deserts which blistered my soles and left an aching dryness in my throat; through forests so thick the darkness was impenetrable, through cityscapes teeming with blind humanity. I sho
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Twisted
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The Gurgling Drain
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A Desiccated Christmas
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The Knowledge of Existence
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A Storm in a Teacup
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Dandelions for Mother
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Red Tape
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We Pray!
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“However like all little animals, it has to be nurtured and fed. It needs humour, interest, joy, love, compassion and a healthy bit of charity. It loves the unexpected and the unpredictable. It enjoys new challenges and experiences. Good wine makes it jump around a bit, good food makes it happy. Soft light make it dewy-eyed, happy memories light up its eyes. Good champagne is its preferred liquid.”
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“For I knew already that something had taken me from me, and had replaced it with a desperate longing for a time before; a time before fear; a time before shame. And now that knowledge had a voice that rose from the depths of my years and howled into the night sky like a wounded animal longing for home.”
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“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
“He saw the reflection of her face in a compact mirror as she painted on her re lips. She did it with such care, he had felt she was trapping something behind the colour.
She had touched life, played with it a little, bit it was a slippery bugger,and finally we must close the door, and leave it behind.”
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She had touched life, played with it a little, bit it was a slippery bugger,and finally we must close the door, and leave it behind.”
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“We don't want you here living with us. You are white, and we do not trust you. You must take your family and go."
I could hear the sudden intake of breath. every head in the crowd swiveled, first to the Nkosi, and then to me. I suddenly felt tired. This is what it had all come to;in South Africa, when logic shrivels, the same dreary dinosaurs rear their vicious heads.”
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I could hear the sudden intake of breath. every head in the crowd swiveled, first to the Nkosi, and then to me. I suddenly felt tired. This is what it had all come to;in South Africa, when logic shrivels, the same dreary dinosaurs rear their vicious heads.”
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Sep 08, 2013 12:37AM
Get ready for loooooong chats as I am a voracious book worm.
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Hi Vanessa,Thanks so much for the friendship add. Looking forward to chatting books. :)
