Locust Girl Quotes

“It was curved. It was broken. It was cool to the touch. I found myself looking at half a bowl. Bowl. The word rang inside my own skull and instinctively I touched my brow. All quiet up there. It had decided to stay small and snug and hidden. I brought back my find into the shadow. But I could not put back the creature together again. All the little skulls would not fit into the circle of bones, as if that safe place had grown too small. And it was impossible to restore the big skull to its trunk. I”
― Merlinda Bobis, Locust Girl: A Lovesong