Cruel birds, ravens, but wise. And creatures should be loved for their wisdom if they cannot be loved for kindness.

As though prayer could simply pluck sin out. But any woman knows that a thread, once woven, is fixed in place; the only way to smooth a mistake is to let it all unravel.

If I believed everything everyone had ever told me about my family I'd be a sight more miserable than I am now

I first heard the story of Agnes Magnusdottir when I was an exchange student in the north of Iceland.

To know what a person has done, and to know who a person is, are very different things.

A bubble of fear passes up my spine. It's the feeling of standing on ice and suddenly hearing it crack under your weight - both thrilling and terrifying together.

It’s not fair. People claim to know you through the things you’ve done, and not by sitting down and listening to you speak for yourself.