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Quotes by Mary Ellen Hannibal

Everything was insanely alive, now you see it, now you dont. I thought, its the light, its the water, its changing every second, its always doing this whether Im here to witness it or not.

The sky seemed abruptly to have had enough of my dithering and dramatically lightened up around the glowing moon, which retreated like an aging sovereign before the rising sun.

Between the beach and the big breaking waves about a quarter mile off was a stretch of bumpy, glistening reef, its usual blanket of water pulled back by a celestial hand.

I was always observing. Even while talking, living, going through every motion, I was watching myself and the situation. Thats a writer. Always observing.