The Vast Landscape Quotes

“So it began, the living escape. The writer’s life. Limits left at the door, with muddy boots, grace and undiscovered fantastical, far away lands. Intrigue exists, beyond the confines of four, suffocating walls. The flawed, vulnerable, messy, selfish heroine makes human mistakes, yet we forgive her. We recognize the broken pieces in ourselves, her honesty forces a hard look in the mirror. Characters become real, we picture them with our own eyes, hear their voices, empathize with their story. We root them on. When the writer does their job well, we love them, never wanting to say good-bye.”
― Jacqueline Cioffa, The Vast Landscape

“Some of us are born plain unlucky, helplessly watching others sail through. When tragedy strikes, those ‘lucky bastards’ won’t have a fucking clue what to do, paralyzed by fear.”
― Jacqueline Cioffa, The Vast Landscape

“She prays cruelty learns from compassion. She hopes time has made earth a softer, more malleable place to visit. Shame and fear obliterated, life colored with happy minutes.”
― Jacqueline Cioffa, The Vast Landscape

“Be brave my child, be bold. You are meant for glorious things. God gave me the sea, sun, moon and stars when he let me borrow you. It’s all borrowed Addie, time that is. Sooner or later, we must pay it back.”
― Jacqueline Cioffa, The Vast Landscape

“I was my only obstacle. Once I stepped aside, there it was. Grace. Glaring at me, in the face, as certain as a Cove sunrise.”
― Jacqueline Cioffa, The Vast Landscape