Top 9 Quotes by Annabel Pitcher

Sometimes when I wake up, I forget that she's gone and then I remember and my heart drops like it does when you miss a step or trip over a kerb.

Sometimes when I wake up, I forget that she's gone and then I remember and my heart drops like it does when you miss a step or trip over a kerb.

Annabel Pitcher

Heart, Missing, Doe

If envy is red and doubt is black then happiness is brown. I looked from the little brown stone to the tiny brown freckle to her huge brown eyes.

Annabel Pitcher

Eye, Envy, Black

That's not how you're going to live, Bird Girl. Not on my account. Spread those strong wings of yours. Fly.

Annabel Pitcher

Girl, Strong, Wings

Let's pretend for just one moment that could actually happen. You close your eyes and I'll close mine and let's dream the same dream across the Atlantic, lighting up the darkness between us. Can you see it, Stu? Can you see us up there, shining in all the black?

Annabel Pitcher

Dream, Eye, Shining

Annabel Pitcher (2012). “Ketchup Clouds”, p.139, Hachette UK

We didn't speak, just drove out of the city into the countryside on our way to absolutely nowhere, and when we found that perfect spot among the trees, we stopped and looked at each other. Swallows swooped through the red sky, back from their adventure, and we held each other underneath the ketchup clouds, willing time to stop and the world to forget us for a while.

Annabel Pitcher

Adventure, Clouds, Sky

Spread those strong wings of yours. Fly.

Annabel Pitcher

Strong, Wings, Spread

"Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher - review" by Mal Peet, www.theguardian.com. January 4, 2013.

Doesn't matter what language you speak or what clothes you wear. Some things don't change. Families. Friends. Lovers. They're the same in every city in every country in every continent of the world.

Annabel Pitcher

Country, Clothes You Wear, Cities

Annabel Pitcher (2012). “Ketchup Clouds”, p.170, Hachette UK