“FLIGHT OF FOLLY. WOMAN TRAPPED IN CAGE OF OPEN DOORS.”

“Nothing, however, is certain except uncertainty and there is always interference in the lines of flight.”

“That is where homeland is. In that shifting space, kinfolk know one another by secret signs; and wherever kinfolk meet, homeland soil coalesces about their feet in the mysterious way that coral cays, like seabirds pausing in flight, anchor themselves to the Barrier Reef.”

“They whisper: no little man from Customs and Immigration stands at the doors of memory or imagination demanding to see your passport. No arts bureaucrat or ComLit satrap can stamp OzLit, CanLit, FemLit, MigrantLit, or Displaced Person on your visa.”

“Le seul risque est de ne pas en prendre”

“What comes before and after we know not.”

“From outer darkness to outer darkness, a feathered meteor through a moment of light...”