Small Things Like These

book by Claire Keegan

Reflections and notes collected from reading this book—what struck me in the moment, what stayed with me over time, what brought me back.

Then the nights came on and the frosts took hold again

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Always it was the same, Furlong thought; always they carried mechanically on without pause, to the next job at hand. What would life be like, he wondered, if they were given time to think and reflect over things? Might their lives be different or much the same – or would they just lose the run of themselves?