Sister, Sister Quotes

“Sometimes the coldest places are not in the midst of winter, when your”
― Sue Fortin, The Cuckoo

“Às vezes, os lugares mais escuros não se encontram na negra escuridão da noite, quando a lua está tapada pelas nuvens, ou quando, de olhos fechados, seguimos o movimento dos raios de cor que dançam atrás das pálpebras; às vezes, os lugares mais escuros encontram-se com os olhos bem abertos. Quando o sol brilha cintilante e a poeira flutua nos raios de luz.”
― Sue Fortin, Sister, Sister

“Enquanto continuamos a passear pelo cais penso em como é surpreendente que duas pessoas possam ter lembranças completamente diferentes de uma mesma experiência partilhada.”
― Sue Fortin, Sister, Sister

“Well, it’s been a long time. You don’t know each other as adults. Sometimes these reunions don’t always work out the way we expect.’ ‘You sound very negative about her.’ I move from his embrace and begin undressing. I always look forward to getting out of the skirt and blouse of my working day and into my comfy tracky bottoms and T-shirt.”
― Sue Fortin, The Cuckoo

“It took the American authorities nearly a week to find Alice, and then another four days to confirm her identity through DNA testing. The grave, as the officer referred to the shallow trough in the ground where Alice was found, was in the middle of a particularly dense part of the area, several metres away from the trail. Walkers, tourists, horse riders and beach- goers had all passed within a stone’s throw of Alice, but not one had noticed her. It makes me sad and guilty that I was so close to her and never knew it.”
― Sue Fortin, The Cuckoo

“Not really,’ she says.”
― Sue Fortin, The Cuckoo