“ My uncle read me Omar Khayyam. In Arabic. Not Turkish or even English. I tried so hard to understand it. I would ask him what it all meant but he always said the pleasure was in the finding out... the… Miranda Emmerson
“ She became fascinated by the statue of Edith Cavell and would stand at the base of it in the freezing cold of a December morning, looking up: -Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitter… Miranda Emmerson
“ How do you explain to a child who likes everyone in the world that adult life consists to a great extent of cutting people away? Miranda Emmerson
“ But life. It rushes by and then you think you'll see people... You think you'll do things and have time for this and time for that... And there is never time. This is what I have learned, Anna, I have… Miranda Emmerson
