“Those who plead their cause in the absence of an opponent can invent to their heart's content, can pontificate without taking into account the opposite point of view and keep the best arguments for themselves, for aggressors are always quick to attack those who have no means of defence.” ― Christine de Pizan

"An adventure is a transgression you don't regret." Kate Wheeler

In all of the stories, it’s the primal memory of wild, untamed nature beneath the veneer of modern London which haunts those who venture out onto the marshes. The extraordinary persistence of this wilderness in East London reminds us that, eventually, when the human project ends, nature will swallow up all that have achieved.

You love variety and have a warm heart.

You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on the paper. Writing comes from reading and reading is the finest teacher of how to write. – Annie Proulx