“A river passing through a landscape catches the world and gives it back redoubled: a shifting, glinting world more mysterious than the one we customarily inhabit. Rivers run through our civilisations like strings through beads”
“What begins at the water shall end there, and what ends there shall once more begin. Words are a gift to the dead and a warning to the living.”
“One’s prime is elusive. You little girls, when you grow up, must be on the alert to recognise your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. You must then live it to the full”
“I need plenty of rest in case tomorrow is a great day. It probably won’t be, but if it is, I’ll be ready!”
“Behave like water, I told myself. Don’t try to oppose them. When they try to grasp you, slip through their fingers. Flow around them”
“One of the paradoxes of writing is that when you write non-fiction everyone tries to prove that it’s wrong, and when you publish fiction, everyone tries to see the truth in it”
“It’s actually quite a good ethos for life: go into the unknown with truth, commitment and openness, and mostly you’ll be okay”
“When you think about it – every person’s like a museum of their life”
Weak Messages Create Bad Situations
“Shrigley’s manifesto is full of hilarity, alongside observations about the world that are both astute and absurd”
Eliza Williams
Creative Review
