TGA quotes Flashcards
Otherness/alone
The…
The new boy
Otherness/different
They felt…
They felt different - exclusive like a family
Otherness
He has…
He has been placed
Elsa
Polio had…
Polio had taken her legs, made her pale with thin cheeks and yet, somehow herself
Trauma, vocation, love
Two…
Two angles, love and poetry
Survival
They must…
They must fight, they must never give up, they were going to win
Survival
Deep in her…
Deep in her sad, tight heart, she searched for that little fighting core of survival
Love
Right from the start…
Right from the start, frank has acted as if they were members of a secret club
Loss
He felt like…
He felt like a pirate landing on an island of little maimed animals
Loss
Each day…
Each day something new was taken from you, now her child
Loss
Each day…
Each day something new was taken from you, now her child
Families
I refuse…
I refuse to be their only light
Ida Gold quote
Parenting
- Motherhood never sat easy with Ida
Olive Penny
Light
There was a light inside her
Vocation/light (Frank)
I refuse…
I refuse to be their only light
Isolation/family
In the end…
In the end, we are all orphans
Vocation
I want to be…
I want to be my own reason for living
Frank - Vocation quote
Polio had taken his legs, but given him his vocation: poet
Love/hope
The children longed…
The children longed for, hoped for love
Displacement/belonging
They bel…
They belonged to no one but themselves
