Famous Helen Macdonald Quotes

What makes you a chaffinch?– Helen Macdonald

On the way home I felt a great and simple sadness. I missed my dad. I missed him very much.– Helen Macdonald

Shocking loss isn’t to be shared, no matter how hard you try.– Helen Macdonald

The light that filled my house was deep and livid, half magnolia, half rainwater. Things sat in it, dark and very still.– Helen Macdonald
