When Marnie Was There
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By Joan G. Robinson

fantasy | 286 pages | Published in NaN

Anna is a solitary foster child sent away to a small Norfolk village one summer. Here she makes friends with a mysterious and significant girl called Marnie and discovers a good deal about her past. At first their chats are awkward, then become more convivial on this desolate part of the coastline. As the plot unfurls, it becomes obvious that loneliness is not the only thing that links these girls inextricably together.

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Quotes

Some days are like this. And the only way to get through them is to remember that they are only one day, and that every day ends.

Joan G. Robinson

The sea gives and takes away. But it takes away what it has given.

Joan G. Robinson

The thing about memories is that you can visit them anytime, but sometimes it’s a hard trip.

Joan G. Robinson

It’s not what you do, so much as the way you do it.

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It’s not what you know, it’s what you do with what you know.

Joan G. Robinson

Sometimes you don’t need to say anything. You just have to let people know you’re there for them.

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The past is a tricky thing. You can’t change it. You can only remember it.

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Sometimes we need to let go of the past to make room for the present.

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Sometimes the people who seem the happiest are the ones who are hurting the most.

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We all have our scars. They remind us that we have lived.

Joan G. Robinson