"That is where homeland is. In that shifting space, kinfolk know one another by secret signs; and wherever kinfolk meet, homeland soil coalesces about their feet in the mysterious way that coral cays, like seabirds pausing in flight, anchor themselves to the Barrier Reef."

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Source : Janette Turner Hospital (2015). “Collected Stories”, p.277, Univ. of Queensland Press

Janette Turner Hospital

#Anchors Quotes #Feet Quotes #Space Quotes

“Not being one to calculate or look ahead, I had not stopped to think, when boys started paying attention to me, that the cup might be dashed from my lips, though experience should have taught me that dashing cups from lips was the way Victorian parents got most of their exercise.”
“The prophet who misses it occasionally in his prophecies may be ignorant, immature, or presumptuous, or he may be ministering with too much zeal and too little wisdom and anointing. But this does not prove him a false prophet. It is certainly possible for a true prophet to be inaccurate.”
“Kisses are like grains of gold or silver found upon the ground, of no value themselves, but precious as showing that a mine is near.”
“Each moment of our life, we either invoke or destroy our dreams. We call upon it to become a fact, or we cancel our previous instructions.”
“The Lord doesn't want anybody in His house who has to be dragged there.”
“Remember this although timing in life is everything, memorable moments in history don't just happen! Do something...stay positive!”
“Rock musicians, and a vast array of popular-music musicians, due to their wealth, acquired through the mass of their notoriety, are able to be listened to and heard and thus are able to effect change on an international level.”
“I cannot subscribe to the omnipotence of a State legislature.”

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