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Seven Steeples Quotes
Seven Steeples
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Sara Baume2,735 ratings, 3.52 average rating, 558 reviews
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“Afraid of not being able to sleep at all,
they swam for longer. They swallowed a magnitude of sea air. They existed as intensely as possible in order to exhaust themselves.”
― Seven Steeples
they swam for longer. They swallowed a magnitude of sea air. They existed as intensely as possible in order to exhaust themselves.”
― Seven Steeples
“October mornings peeled the night cloud back to its subcutaneous lilac tissue.
The leaves earned their name by leaving the trees. Browned and blistered foliage cascaded from the sycamore, swilling into the exterior nooks of the house, ruffling the gravel, snagging on the tortured remains of the thistle, bottlenecking and compacting in the corner where the wheelie bin was kept, so that when it was taken off for collection, its absence created a rectangular hollow the shape of a short, stocky pillar that held its shape for several seconds before crumbling.”
― Seven Steeples
The leaves earned their name by leaving the trees. Browned and blistered foliage cascaded from the sycamore, swilling into the exterior nooks of the house, ruffling the gravel, snagging on the tortured remains of the thistle, bottlenecking and compacting in the corner where the wheelie bin was kept, so that when it was taken off for collection, its absence created a rectangular hollow the shape of a short, stocky pillar that held its shape for several seconds before crumbling.”
― Seven Steeples
“Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue.”
― Seven Steeples
― Seven Steeples
“They were glad that they could wear wool again - jumpers, cardigans, scarves. These were the shapeless, timeless garments in which they felt most comfortable.”
― Seven Steeples
― Seven Steeples
