The Reaches Quotes

“Organised religion generally gets in the way of spiritual experience.”
― Alan McCluskey, The Reaches

“Dream of me, my love, and I'll be with you all night.”
― Alan McCluskey, The Reaches

“Silence is the door to Oran Mor. Close your eyes. Quieten your thoughts. And listen. Listen in particular to the sound of the waves. Let the Great Song sing in you. In an hour I will ring a bell. When you hear it, make a sound that resonates with the waves. Let it flow and develop, calling on all you have heard in the silence.”
― Alan McCluskey, The Reaches

“He felt a deep urge to put some order in this chaos. Leaning against a large standing-stone by the wayside, he drew out his dreambook and began to write.”
― Alan McCluskey, The Reaches

“There was more, he was sure. He could feel it. Something deeper. More profound. More worthy. More likeable. It was like a bittersweet yearning for something that was so familiar it hurt. Something he'd lost without even knowing he'd lost it. Something elusive that floated just beyond his grasp.”
― Alan McCluskey, The Reaches

“A stylized sun and moon, joined by a horizontal bar, floated above a country divided in two by a river that snaked between them.”
― Alan McCluskey, The Reaches

“Instead of writing backwards over what had happened, giving structure and meaning to his story, he wrote forwards, slipping into troubling futures.”
― Alan McCluskey, The Reaches

“It's also about integration: owning up to the parts of yourself, however much you might not like them. In the Real there are so many taboos that people are completely fragmented. That's the joke of it. They cling rigidly to the idea that they are one unique person, while they are busy hiding parts of themselves they can't accept.”
― Alan McCluskey, The Reaches