64 Quotes by Gina Marinello-Sweeney

And there, as promised, was the grizzly bear habitat, dozens of the brown and black bears ambling along grass and tree below. Yet, from my position above, I did not fear—as I might have a snake—the large animals, or concern myself with the notion of a gondola-gone wrong and accidentally tumbling into their home like dinner falling into place on a well-set table. It was as if we were viewing a dozen worlds in a single instant, partaking in the thrill of it all.

Rebecca, we live in a world where darkness seems, in the minds of many, something banished to the world of fairy tales and superhero movies. How surprising it then becomes—even for those of us who believe otherwise—that it may appear in our own lives, in our own battles. To face an opponent that is more than the average ‘jerk,’ who has made a deadly choice, is, let us admit it, nothing that we expect to experience.

Icy pillars of serenity, spun from airy mist, entered my quiet vision in echoes of worlds unknown.

The starry night sky echoed across my thoughts, the expanse of my own void filtered in its quiet solitude.

The stars swirled in beams and echoes of light, distant thoughts carefully contained in the immensity of time’s tapestry.

A seaworthy name,” he acknowledged, tipping his hat. “And this here be Battersby. He goes where I go, rain or shine.

Many a year I told her tales. And then the time came for me to watch. And watch I have.

Battle scars were not a commodity that I was accustomed to selling, least of all to myself.

Those who find something in I Thirst, who can relate to a project so close to my heart, instantly become a sort of "friend." Whenever people come to me and tell me that they appreciated I Thirst or thank me for writing it, I feel that I have done something right--not because I am one of the greats, but because the story spoke to them in some way, in a way that perhaps was universal but uniquely their own all the same. I put out my story, but the readers made it their own.