6 Quotes & Sayings By Clare Furniss

Clare Furniss is a journalist, commentator, and award-winning author of books on social issues. Her career as a journalist began in 1954 when she began working for The Yorkshire Post newspaper in Leeds. She worked for the newspaper for over four decades, retiring in 2005. She was the first woman to be named Editor of the Yorkshire Post Read more

After retirement, she spent time travelling the world, writing books and articles on her travels, and researching her two most recent books, "The Friendly Man" and "The Men Speak". Now based in Northumberland, she writes a weekly column for the Newcastle Chronicle and is a member of the Society of Authors and Writers UK.

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For now the world keeps turning and I keep breathing, in and out, in and out. I breathe in the life that is all around me, in this garden, in this city, in the fields beyond it, in the seas beyond them and the shores on the other side; life that reaches out towards the unreachable, unknowable space that is beyond all of us and the stars that burn there. Clare Furniss
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You shouldn't be wasting your time worrying about what's going to happen after you die. It's pointless. Think about what's happening now. In your life. That's what's important. So change the subject, will you? Clare Furniss
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For now the world keeps turning and I keep breathing, in and out, in and out. I breathe in the life that is all around me, in this garden, in this city, in the fields beyond it, in the seas beyond them and the shores on the other side; life that reaches out towards the unreachable, unknowable space that is beyond all of us and the stars that burn there. The world may tip at any moment. But for now that doesn't matter. . Clare Furniss
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They get quieter over the years. They still whisper to you sometimes, but the world gets louder. You can see it and hear it again. There's a gap in it, where they used to be. But you get used to the gap; so used to it that you can hardly see it. And then some days, out of nowhere, you're making the tea or banging out the washing or sitting on the bus and it's there again: that aching, empty space that will never be filled. Clare Furniss
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Our memories are what make us who we are. Some are real. Some are made up. But they are the stories that tell us who we are. Without them we are nobody. Clare Furniss