Growing up changes more than playground game sand body shapes.

— Emma Cameron

I'm all alone, fuming at myself, waving a great flagon failure.

— Emma Cameron

I miss my brother like the sea would miss salt if that were taken away.

— Emma Cameron

I'm just the reason they married. Mum says was a surprise. Dad says was an accident. Truth is ... I am their mistake.

— Emma Cameron

Instead, she's as stills a leaf-littered pond, dark water evaporating, waiting desperately for rain.

— Emma Cameron

It's nice to think that picking uncertain paths may not necessarily alter their destination too drastically, simply the journey undertaken to reach it.

— Emma Cameron

It's not about blood,"says Lucius. "It's about who you share your life with. Where you feel you really belong.

— Emma Cameron

I walk the city, through its crush of people and its smells:body odor, rotting food, vomit and urine. A cocktail of oppression and freedom.

— Emma Cameron

I want out of this place. With no reminders." It stings -sulfur Teresina cinnamon rain.

— Emma Cameron

One more year and I will be closer to wherever I'm going.

— Emma Cameron