When the Dust Settles Quotes

“...it was only afterwards that this period was framed neatly and bookended with a beginning and an end. At the time, you just kept putting one foot in front of the other, each time that dawn broke.”
― Lucy Easthope, When the Dust Settles: Stories of Love, Loss and Hope from an Expert in Disaster

“Flood damage to a home cleaves through the life before but, unlike fire, does not destroy completely. It cruelly damages and contaminates just enough that the item is still there but is fouled.”
― Lucy Easthope, When the Dust Settles: Stories of Love, Loss and Hope from an Expert in Disaster

“It is the text messages sent on the morning of 7 July 2005 that I think about most often. The conversations cut short in the middle of an argument or the middle of a new love affair or even just asking 'What's for tea?' Never meant to be seen by anyone other than the intended recipient. The end of a thread of anger or lust, hope or dejection. Love and life interrupted forever.”
― Lucy Easthope, When the Dust Settles: Stories of Love, Loss and Hope from an Expert in Disaster

“You learn early on that you can't show fear or weakness. The cards are stacked against you already for not being police or forensics. And for being a woman. So, you perfect your swagger.”
― Lucy Easthope, When the Dust Settles: Stories of Love, Loss and Hope from an Expert in Disaster

“I'm always struck by how fine the line between catastrophe and the rest of the world can be.”
― Lucy Easthope, When the Dust Settles: Stories of Love, Loss and Hope from an Expert in Disaster