Quotes from Emma Smith

Life is like the river, sometimes it sweeps you gently along and sometimes the rapids come out of nowhere.

Strength is not something you have, it's something you find.

Even if I were trying to catch a husband I would never fish in shallow waters.

It's commonplace to describe theater—the activity underpinning the very existence of this book—as a collaborative artform in which the author's words are shaped, embodied and adapted by actors, directors, producers, designers, musicians and above all, audiences.

Beer, that cold amber drink so good for friendship,

This is a relationship in which each partner has the capacity to abuse the other: books can crack our spines, loosen our leaves, mark us with their dirty fingers and write in our margins just as much as we can theirs.