Composite Creatures Quotes

“A tree which once was a home to birds, beetles, bats – all taking the bit they need to survive, nothing more. The tree quivers with a multiverse of life, each species coming and going with hardly a twig snapped or leaf dropped. But we don’t do this. We take all that the tree will ever have to offer and zip it in a bag or lock it in the bank.”
― Caroline Hardaker, Composite Creatures

“Alone, I had no one to answer to, no more questions. I could summon company at the stir of a memory, turning it to shadow with a flick of a fingertip.”
― Caroline Hardaker, Composite Creatures

“You can trust the fair-weather faces of actors and news presenters to tell you the truth, and even a pre-written, cold script can warm the heart. It’s selfish pleasure, guzzling it down because we don’t have to give anything back. No pretending.”
― Caroline Hardaker, Composite Creatures

“It’s the natural way of it, for a child to see their parent die. But it’s cruel, isn’t it? It’s the death of a place, a time.”
― Caroline Hardaker, Composite Creatures

“Like everyone, I spent all my time listening, not truly thinking.”
― Caroline Hardaker, Composite Creatures

“I hadn’t actually read that first book, I’d only flicked to the last chapter, but if you know the end people don’t ever question if you know the beginning.”
― Caroline Hardaker, Composite Creatures

“I’ve never understood why people need to believe in something we can’t see. It’s like reality isn’t enough – they constantly need wonder, awe.”
― Caroline Hardaker, Composite Creatures