Emily Quotes

“What is poetry?' I asked.
He laid the wilted petals in his palm. "Listen to Mother play. She practices and practices a piece, and sometimes a magic happens and it seems the music starts to breathe. It sends a shiver through you. You can't explain it, really; it's a mystery. Well, when words do that, we call it poetry.”
― Michael Bedard, Emily

“I looked down at the paper in her lap.
"Is that poetry?" I asked.
"No, you are poetry. This only tries to be.”
― Michael Bedard, Emily