21 Quotes by Paula Brackston

My mind is like the willow; it flexes and springs. My heart is a knot of oak. Let them try to wound me.

Faith requires no proof. No evidence. No explanation. Faith is entirely a matter of trust and belief. We cannot know, we can only believe.

How much more tuneful are the birds of the woods than the birds of the water. Ducks and geese make their raucous racket without once finding a note of sweetness, whilst these tree dwellers are practiced in the art of melody. I.

Such a cumbersome thing, the body of a human. Too much reliance lies in the head. Too much. We have let our frames become frailer down generations, in favor of our seething minds and greedy hearts. Instinct has been dulled by thought.

Nevertheless, disease and misfortune knew no social bounds. Nor did the immensely dangerous business of childbirth.

If you are not able to travel,” he told me, “the next best thing is to read.

It’s a brilliant example of a writer in total control of her material, apparently effortlessly inhabiting the minds of her characters and giving them wonderfully individual voices.

Reputation is for those who can afford it.

If you are not able to travel, he told me, the next best thing is to read. Read all you can, girl. And store up that knowledge, for you never know when you will need it.