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“ Betelgeuse, Achenar. Orion. Aquila. Centre the Cross and you have a steady compass. But there's no compass for my ever disoriented soul, only ever beckoning ghost lights. In the one sure direction, to the one sure end. ”

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A family can be the bane of one's existence. A family can also be most of the meaning of one's existence. I don't know whether my family is bane or meaning, but they have surely gone away and left a large hole in my heart.

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Keri Hulme Dysfunctional Families Family Relationships

She has this curious heavy grace, like something out of its element making do in a heavier medium. Like she should be living in water.

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Keri Hulme Graceful Woman Womanhood Women

Sometimes, the waves grow hushed, but the sea is always there, touching, caressing, eating the earth...

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The color has faded out of the sky. It is grey, becoming darker as the world turns herself round a little more. The clouds are long and black and ragged, like the wings of stormbattered dragons.

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Keri Hulme Clouds Dragons Nature Sky