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Greylands

Greylands
Isobelle Carmody

Greylands is a 1997 young adult novel by Isobelle Carmody. It follows the story of Jack who in order to come to terms with his mother's death writes a story in which he enters another world where he confronts his fears and finds answers to his questions. In 2012, Greylands was self-published into an ebook and republished by Ford Street Publishing.

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“My heart belongs to you,' He promised.
'Would you have loved me when I was a girl?'
'I have always loved you. Even before I met you I loved the idea of you.”

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“Never trust a mirror,' his mother had told him. 'They never tell the truth unless you make them.”

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“Don't you understand that wanting does not belong here, because that is what wounds, and there is never an end to it.”

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“That was what happened to laughter when you caged it. It became unbearably sad. It was worse than crying.”

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