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The lake hadn’t been frozen long and of all them had been expressly forbidden to go out on it, but Norman Pye, who was older than the rest of them, said that it would be safe if they slid out on their...

Mary Lawson

The lake hadn’t been frozen long and of all them had been expressly forbidden to go out on it, but Norman Pye, who was older than the rest of them, said that it would be safe if they slid out on their...

Tags: lakes, northern ontario

It was so easy for women,their arms opened out instinctively and they gathered in whatever hurt there was and that was that, they didn't even have to think about it.

Mary Lawson

It was so easy for women,their arms opened out instinctively and they gathered in whatever hurt there was and that was that, they didn't even have to think about it.

About Author
Mary Lawson may refer to:

Mary Lawson (novelist) (born 1946), Canadian novelist
Mary Lawson (actress) (1910–1941), British actress
Mary Lawson (baseball) (1924–1997)
Mary Camilla Lawson (1865–?), British politician
Mary Gloria Lawson, Louisiana's first African American female lawyer
Mary Lawson Elementary in Grahams Corner, Nova Scotia

Janie gave me a pen. Mrs. Tadworth gave me a doll. Matt

Mary Lawson

Janie gave me a pen. Mrs. Tadworth gave me a doll. Matt

My Great Grandmother Morrison fixed a book-rest to her spinning wheel so that she could read while she was spinning, or so the story goes. And one Saturday evening she became so absorbed in her book t...

Mary Lawson

My Great Grandmother Morrison fixed a book-rest to her spinning wheel so that she could read while she was spinning, or so the story goes. And one Saturday evening she became so absorbed in her book t...

They all lived in their own little clouds.

Mary Lawson

They all lived in their own little clouds.

Tomorrow is forever, and years pass in no time at all

Mary Lawson

Tomorrow is forever, and years pass in no time at all

He could see now that it was possible; that someone might be in so much pain they couldn't even hear what anyone else said, far less be comforted by it.

Mary Lawson

He could see now that it was possible; that someone might be in so much pain they couldn't even hear what anyone else said, far less be comforted by it.

Arthur found himself staring down at the knife embedded in his foot. There was a surreal split second before the blood started to well up and then up it came, dark and thick as syrup.

Mary Lawson

Arthur found himself staring down at the knife embedded in his foot. There was a surreal split second before the blood started to well up and then up it came, dark and thick as syrup.

Good luck. Maybe that’s all it was. Maybe the whole of life depended not on how hard you tried, how determined you were, how sensible, how smart: maybe the whole shooting match depended on luck.

Mary Lawson

Good luck. Maybe that’s all it was. Maybe the whole of life depended not on how hard you tried, how determined you were, how sensible, how smart: maybe the whole shooting match depended on luck.

I would like to be able to say that I threw myself into the spirit of it all, but the truth is, I still felt a bit dazed. A bit abstracted. It's going to take time, I guess. If you’ve thought in a cer...

Mary Lawson

I would like to be able to say that I threw myself into the spirit of it all, but the truth is, I still felt a bit dazed. A bit abstracted. It's going to take time, I guess. If you’ve thought in a cer...

Laurie was just one more dropped stitch in a family tapestry already full of holes.

Mary Lawson

Laurie was just one more dropped stitch in a family tapestry already full of holes.

Most children suffer from a crippling lack of stimulation. The brain is like any other muscle; use it, and it develops. Ignore it, and it atrophies.

Mary Lawson

Most children suffer from a crippling lack of stimulation. The brain is like any other muscle; use it, and it develops. Ignore it, and it atrophies.

Suddenly he saw himself as others in the crowd must surely see him; a silent, solitary figure, standing apart from the rest. He looked out at the hoardes of singing, laughing people and felt more alon...

Mary Lawson

Suddenly he saw himself as others in the crowd must surely see him; a silent, solitary figure, standing apart from the rest. He looked out at the hoardes of singing, laughing people and felt more alon...

Tags: shyness, social anxiety

We are all bumbling along,side by side, week in, week out, our paths similar in some ways and different in others, all apparently running parallel. But parallel lines never meet.

Mary Lawson

We are all bumbling along,side by side, week in, week out, our paths similar in some ways and different in others, all apparently running parallel. But parallel lines never meet.

You see the suffering of children all the time nowadays. Wars and famines are played out before us in our living rooms, and almost every week there are pictures of children who have been through unima...

Mary Lawson

You see the suffering of children all the time nowadays. Wars and famines are played out before us in our living rooms, and almost every week there are pictures of children who have been through unima...

Tags: emotional development

You'd have thought that after suffering such a loss nothing else would matter to her but that didn't seem to be how it worked. She was fearful about everything now. It was as if she had finally seen t...

Mary Lawson

You'd have thought that after suffering such a loss nothing else would matter to her but that didn't seem to be how it worked. She was fearful about everything now. It was as if she had finally seen t...

Tags: loss, suffering