Half in Shadow Quotes

“Dwell, if you have to dwell on something, on the good things not the bad.”
― Gemma Liviero, Half in Shadow

“Time does not change the past, but it allows us the opportunity to change our hearts.”
― Gemma Liviero, Half in Shadow

“They are censoring our speech, our news. They are deciding what we can know, what we read.”
― Gemma Liviero, Half in Shadow

“In the library, Arthur switches on the newly installed, ornate brass wall sconce that instantly washes the room in an artificial sunlight. He can never get over it, get used to it even, such abruptness of light from dark. It is something that bothers him. When he was a child, the warmth of a candle or a lantern brought the family closer, around a table, away from the shadows. But these new lights scatter people like mice, drive them to other rooms to hide and separate. Machines now in the streets that prevent human contact and deter conversation. These things, new conveniences, he thinks will change people. The future more hurried, more complex; the one his son, Jack, will have to navigate.”
― Gemma Liviero, Half in Shadow