Quotes by Antonia Michaelis

Theyre the ones inside a soap bubble. Not me.

Just a tiny little pain,Three days of heavy rain,Three days of sunlight,Everything will be alright,Just a tiny little pain.

That cloak of love you were wearing—he’s torn it to shreds, undoing the seams of trust that held it together. How can you ever wear those shreds?

The place in her, though, where her tears should have come from, was rough and dry. No, she didnt find any tears in herself to cry for the storyteller.The storyteller didnt exist anymore.

You cant change things. Thats life. Poor stays poor, rich says rich, and those two, they will never meet.

My child, I know youre not a childBut I still see you running wildBetween those flowering trees.Your sparkling dreams, your silver laughYour wishes to the stars above Are just my memories.And in your eyes the oceanAnd in your eyes the seaThe waters frozen overWith your longing to be free.Yesterday youd awokenTo a world incredibly old.This is the age you are brokenOr turned into gold.You had to kill this child, I know.To break the arrows and the bowTo shed your skin and change.The trees are flowering no moreTheres blood upon the tiles floorThis place is dark and strange.I see you standing in the stormHolding the curse of youthEach of you with your storyEach of you with your truth.Some words will never be spokenSome stories will never be told.This is the age you are brokenOr turned into gold.I didnt say the world was good.I hoped by now you understoodWhy I could never lie.I didnt promise you a thing. Dont ask my wintervoice for springJust spread your wings and fly.Though in the hidden gardenDown by the green green laneThe plant of love grows next toThe tree of hate and pain.So take my tears as a token.Theyll keep you warm in the cold.This is the age you are brokenOr turned into gold.Youve lived too long among usTo leave without a traceYouve lived too short to understandA thing about this place.Some of you just sit there smokingAnd some are already sold. This is the age you are brokenOr turned into gold.This is the age you are broken or turned into gold.

There are fewer answers in the world than questions, and if you ask me now why that is so, I must tell you that there is no answer to that question.

A story isnt a good one unless it has a good listener

She had taught herself how to knit, and for the mares scarf - it was green - she had given herself the best grade possible. And ...Thats silly! Micha giggled. Well, who is the cliff queen, you or me? Abel asked. It isnt my fault if youre giving yourself grades!

Abel was brushing the snow off his parka while Micha was dancing around him, still balancing the plate of cookies, singing, Were staying, were staying, were staying overnight! Were drying! Were drying! Were drying on the line!

And the snow that fell onto the roof in winter... it fell softly... softly... and it covered the house, the armchair, the books, the childrens voices. It covered Anna and Abel, covered their parallel world, and everything was finally, very, very quiet.

As long as youre better at it than skating..., Anna said and stood up too. She wanted to say more, but that wasnt possible because he was kissing her. Reasonable Anna wanted to draw back the danger of touch. But unreasonable Anna welcomed the kiss like happiness. Maybe, she thought, its better to take these moments when you get them - there might not be too many in life.

“Theyre the ones inside a soap bubble. Not me.”