Out of This Place Quotes

“i miss my brother like
the sea would miss salt
if that were taken away.”
― Emma Cameron, Cinnamon Rain

“Then she smiles, like it's
the first time she's seen sun
after a decade of winters.”
― Emma Cameron, Cinnamon Rain

“The true test is won
when being together
without saying a word
is everything.”
― Emma Cameron, Cinnamon Rain

“She's never sure,
never knows,
never goes.”
― Emma Cameron, Cinnamon Rain

“Instead,
she's as still
as a leaf-littered pond,
dark water evaporating,
waiting desperately for rain.”
― Emma Cameron, Cinnamon Rain

“They scribble on notepads,
the sound of their pens
scratching the judgemental air.”
― Emma Cameron, Cinnamon Rain

“If I let him touch me,
it'd be like opening
a one-way
telepathic tunnel.”
― Emma Cameron, Cinnamon Rain

“Strange, isn't it?" he asks.
"Where life takes you and
how much can change.”
― Emma Cameron, Cinnamon Rain

“Things should have been
so different
to the way they are
now.”
― Emma Cameron, Cinnamon Rain

“I'm all alone,
fuming at myself,
waving a great flag
of failure.”
― Emma Cameron, Cinnamon Rain

“I want out of this place.
With no reminders."
It stings -
sulphur tears
in cinnamon rain.”
― Emma Cameron, Cinnamon Rain

“It's not about blood,"
says Lucius. "It's
about who you share
your life with.
Where you feel
you really belong.”
― Emma Cameron, Cinnamon Rain

“Growing up changes more
than playground games
and body shapes.”
― Emma Cameron, Cinnamon Rain

“I'm just
the reason they married.
Mum says
I was a surprise.
Dad says
I was an accident.
Truth is ...
I am their mistake.”
― Emma Cameron, Cinnamon Rain

“I walk the city,
through its crush of people
and its smells:
body odour, rotting food,
vomit and urine.
A cocktail
of oppression and freedom.”
― Emma Cameron, Cinnamon Rain

“One more year and I will be closer to wherever I'm going.”
― Emma Cameron, Cinnamon Rain

“There're three reasons
people get away from here:
gone good, gone bad or
gone dead.”
― Emma Cameron, Cinnamon Rain

“Stella scribbled
in thick black texta
across half the pages
of my best storybook,
filled with people who ventured
where their hearts took them.
Beautiful worlds beyond mine.”
― Emma Cameron, Cinnamon Rain

“Bongo's sobs are hurled out
like paintballs from a skirmish gun
until the force diminishes
into a trickle of sobs
that wind up the exorcism.”
― Emma Cameron, Cinnamon Rain

“The telly is invaded
by hallelujah channels
and informercials,
both trying to sell
everything needed
to save you.”
― Emma Cameron, Cinnamon Rain