I lived for two years in Odawara, a castle town an hour outside of Tokyo, near the sea. It's a beautiful place, and I drew on my experiences there when writing 'The Lake of Dreams.' Kim Edwards More Quotes by Kim Edwards More Quotes From Kim Edwards Short on money, long on hope Kim Edwards long Norah looked at her son’s tiny face, surprised, as always, by his name. he had not grown into it yet, he still wore it like a wrist band, something that might easily slip off and disappear. She had read about people – where? she could not remember this either – who refused to name their children for several weeks, feeling them to be not yet of the earth, suspended still between two worlds. Kim Edwards father children son His love for her was so deeply woven with resentment that he could not untangle the two. Kim Edwards woven two father You can't stop time. You can't capture light. You can only turn your face up and let it rain down. Kim Edwards rain time father Her voice, high and clear, moved through the leaves, through the sunlight. It splashed onto the gravel, the grass. He imagined the notes falling into the air like stones into water, rippling the invisible surface of the world. Waves of sound, waves of light: his father had tried to pin everything down, but the world was fluid and could not be contained. Kim Edwards light father fall He fished in his pocket for his keys and instead pulled out the last geode, gray and smooth, earth-shaped. He held it, warming in his palm, thinking of all mysteries the world contained: layers of stone, concealed beneath the flesh of earth and grass; these dull rocks, with their glimmering hidden hearts. Kim Edwards heart father thinking After all these years, I feel so free. Who knows where I might fly? Kim Edwards feels might years She saw herself moving through another life, an exotic, difficult, satisfying life. Kim Edwards saws father moving My first job was in a nursing home - a terrible place in retrospect. It was in an old house, and the residents were so lonely. People rarely visited them. I only stayed there a couple of months, but it made a strong impression on me. Kim Edwards lonely strong jobs After Memory Keepers Daughter, it took me a few months to shut out the world. I really had to turn off the Internet and sort of cloister myself away from the world again and sink into that psychic space to write again. Kim Edwards daughter writing memories Once, this whole world had been hidden beneath a shallow sea. Kim Edwards shallow sea world The thing is, I used to like that: feeling special because I knew something no one else did. It's a kind of power, isn't it, knowing a secret? But lately I don't like it so much, knowing this. It's not really mine to know, is it? Kim Edwards knowing feelings father It's good to be in love. Kim Edwards No one could suspect the intricate mysteries of her heart. Kim Edwards mystery heart father He had handed his daughter to Caroline Gill and that act had led him here, years later, to this girl in motion of her own, this girl who had decided yes, a brief moment of release in the back of a car, in the room of a silent house, this girl who had stood up later, adjusting her clothes, with now knowledge of how that moment was already shaping her life. Kim Edwards daughter girl father But she had felt since childhod that her life would n ot be ordinary. A moment would come- she would know it when she saw it- and everything would change. Kim Edwards saws ordinary father In some deep place in her heart, Caroline had kept alive the silly romantic notion that somehow David Henry had once known her as no one else ever could. But it was not true. He had never even glimpsed her. Kim Edwards silly heart father The challenges in this place are real and sometimes very difficult, but I've learned to slow down and look for beauty in my days, for the mysteries and blessings woven into everything, into the very words we speak. Kim Edwards real blessing challenges It's funny how things seem different, suddenly. Kim Edwards different seems father Then she had been a fiancee, a young wife, and a mother, and she had discovered that these words were far too small ever to contain the experience. Kim Edwards wife mother father
