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Suzy Davies QUOTES

Suzy Davies QUOTES

1 " A happy childhood can fortify one against the ravages of life, and part of that happiness is found in books, which become our constant companions for the rest of our lives. "

― Suzy Davies , Snugs The Snow Bear (Snugs Series #1)

2 " Whose ideas breathe through me? Am I a thief? Do I dream my own dreams? "

― Suzy Davies , Johari's Window

3 " Books are a portable kind of time travel. We go back as well as forward when we read them. When we come back into the now, after being immersed in worlds previously unknown to us, we find ourselves, transformed. Touched by their magic, nothing we ever perceived beforehand remains quite the same. "

― Suzy Davies

4 " Sir, I’ve known him ever since he was born! We’ve played snowball, and built snow-houses together, which are called igloos, and once, when one of Santa’s reindeer was sick on Christmas Eve, Snow Bear stepped in to help with the presents, and load them on the sleigh - he’s very kind, and clever, and strong, you know. "

― Suzy Davies , Snugs The Snow Bear (Snugs Series #1)

5 " The Art of Writing for Children is the knowledge of what is significant to them "

― Suzy Davies , Snugs The Snow Bear (Snugs Series #1)

6 " The sea is rushing in now as unconsciousness does.I can see a chord, hear gospel songs as we hoist the sails.The sails are a soft white bird. We are airborne. We are primitive. "

― Suzy Davies , Johari's Window

7 " Creativity is a flame that lights up and ignites the senses "

― Suzy Davies

8 " Reading an author's Biography contributes to an understanding and enjoyment of their work, and gives a richness to the reading experience. "

― Suzy Davies

9 " Writing which flows is more like play than work! "

― Suzy Davies

10 " Writing is like scrambling up a hill on all fours; you arrive halfway up, and you are committed - you want to reach the summit, yet you must stop, to gather your strength and will. When you have climbed to the summit, you stop, catch your breath, and take in the vista. You wonder how you made it. Then, you make your decent, somewhat subdued, all the while planning your next ascent, your next attempt to touch the sky. The memory of your climb leaves you with one impression - the idea that it gets easier, over time. "

― Suzy Davies

11 " It is winter, and very cold. There are icicles against the glass, and frost. I am tracing a pattern, before it melts. Before it fades, and is lost for good, like memories "

― Suzy Davies , Johari's Window

12 " I want to sling a stone, a small rock into a pool, see it ripple. I want to shake a tree, create a small storm.. "

― Suzy Davies , Johari's Window

13 " The landscape is bathed in the honeyed light of morning. Sometimes the memory of winter comes again. And my days are colored reveries of you, my nights sensuous "

― Suzy Davies

14 " On his departure, he glanced swiftly back as he passed the furtive gaze of the gloved footmen.He was swept away in the momentum of shimmering glass....I had seen how the world turned, and I was beginning to feel my own power "

― Suzy Davies , Johari's Window

15 " His lone withdrawing figure blended anonymously with the darkness, Dr Raven's quick, light steps becoming gradually distant, drowned out by the clicking staccato rush of trains, the steady drip of rainwater, and the clock of a nearby church as it heralded the hour "

― Suzy Davies , Johari's Window

16 " I was an unwilling passenger leaving the Big Country. I would miss the mountains and the waterfalls,the treks on broad horses' backs to hidden villages in secret valleys. "

― Suzy Davies , Johari's Window

17 " Writing is...creating tattoos which are invisible, under your skin "

― Suzy Davies

18 " Our eyes met. I kissed her soft face, and down the stairs they descended. Their voices blended into an echo, a murmur. I ventured barefoot into the bedroom. The dark gown lay crumpled upon the bed "

― Suzy Davies , Johari's Window

19 " There were women who navigated in canoes, holding their children, the beguiling wind blowing soft sleet kisses, raining upon their skins "

― Suzy Davies , Johari's Window

20 " The piper never knew we were watchers.....Sounds echoed - sounds of a Scottish love song. They echoed through the silence, soft and melancholy, as he kept time with his foot, and the metal of the bagpipes glinted, through faint moonshine, and lifting fog "

― Suzy Davies , Johari's Window