Windswept Quotes

“I'm coming to terms with a life in which I'll no longer be defined as a mother. It's an unsettling feeling, reminding me that motherhood is a continuous accumulation of losses, a lengthy severing of the umbilical cord that once bound our children to us. The freedom I longed for, when they were hanging from my apron strings, now loiters on the horizon. But instead of feeling excitement, I feel a swift pang of sadness for a life that will never be the same again.”
― Annabel Abbs, Windswept: Walking the Paths of Trailblazing Women

“She purged her inner clutter with outdoor space. And a part of me understood”
― Annabel Abbs, Windswept: Walking the Paths of Trailblazing Women

“The air just makes you feel free—free from everything . . . I don’t seem to be wanting people—just space. —GEORGIA O’KEEFFE, letter to Alfred Stieglitz, October 9, 1916”
― Annabel Abbs, Windswept: Walking the Paths of Trailblazing Women

“fear can become the engine of our own transformation.”
― Annabel Abbs, Windswept: Walking the Paths of Trailblazing Women

“Failing is merely another step in a trajectory of becoming.”
― Annabel Abbs, Windswept: Walking the Paths of Trailblazing Women

“Tel est le paradoxe de la rivalité entre l'état sauvage et la civilisation. Nous avons besoin des deux. Et chacun met l'autre en valeur. Plus je reste longtemps loin de la civilisation, plus j'attends avec impatience de la retrouver. Et plus je vis au milieu d'elle, plus l'état sauvage me manque.”
― Annabel Abbs, Windswept: Walking the Paths of Trailblazing Women