Fragile Cord Quotes

“Charlie obviously liked her jewellery; both wrists displayed a collection of silver bangles that jingled as she walked, making her sound like a human wind chime.”
― Emma Salisbury, Fragile Cord

“He felt a jolt of terror charge through his body as he imagined the boy’s feeling of betrayal when he realised what his mother was doing, still not believing it even as she did it. Loving her anyway.”
― Emma Salisbury, Fragile Cord

“Does it not get any easier?’ Coupland ventured, guessing the answer. ‘During the day I’ll be doing something completely inconsequential and I’ll be reminded of her…only now I find myself forgetting how she looked or how her voice sounded, as though my mind is somehow relegating her to the past before I’m ready…and I feel guilty and frightened that one day I’ll forget her altogether. I mean…I know I should let her go, that she isn’t in this world anymore, but she’s in my world, and that should count for something, right?’ Coupland”
― Emma Salisbury, Fragile Cord

“they didn’t operate quickly Peritonitis would set in. Coupland attempted to speak to the man’s distraught wife, Melanie, but a brief”
― Emma Salisbury, Fragile Cord

“Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism, it is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out. -Vaclar Havel, Disturbing the Peace.”
― Emma Salisbury, Fragile Cord