4 Quotes by Candy Gourlay

I was suddenly afraid. I wasn't ready. I guess it's one thing to want something and another to have it.

And then I couldn't see (Banawa) any more because the plane tilted up and we flew straight into a fierce light. This must be what it's like to be reborn.First, there you are in the darkness of your mother's womb, not knowing anything and not wanting anything to change.And then suddenly you are out, naked and starving hungry in a shining new world.

Father looked anxiously at the tears on my cheeks but I smiled, trying to reassure him. Danny had said I would feel like this. Excited and sad at the same time.

I . . . I’ll see you soon.” Which wasn’t true of course. But it was one way of saying goodbye for ever.