Horse, Flower, Bird Quotes

“All good animals have secret lives.”
― Kate Bernheimer, Horse, Flower, Bird

“Doll-less, invisible friend-less, finally more comfortable in fear than in gladness, Astrid began to live in her head. Or rather inside a small tunnel - a hole - in her head, through which she watched everything gaily depart. She nodded this head and pretended to listen. 'Bye-bye,' she would hear from within.”
― Kate Bernheimer, Horse, Flower, Bird

“The home in which you reside it not forever.”
― Kate Bernheimer, Horse, Flower, Bird

“No longer could I root happily into my mother's company and find comfort in her rounded shape. There was no one to tell me the facts. How much nutrition to pull from the dirt? Would the beetles bring harm? And what of the worms? Friends, foe, or nevermind?”
― Kate Bernheimer, Horse, Flower, Bird