How marvelous to be able to read someone’s skin, to explore the story of his life across his chest, his arms, the softness at the back of his neck.
Es posible que no puedan arreglarlo todo, [...] pero hablar ayuda. Hay más gente con problemas, y entienden lo que es ser infeliz. Compartir tu problema alivia…
En el corazón tengo cicatrices igual de gruesas y feas que las de la cara. Sé que están ahí. Pero espero que quede algo de tejido sano, un pequeño retal por el que pueda entrar el amor y colarse dentr...
Eleanor, you were AWOL from work for three days, Bob was really worried about you, we all were. I got your address from him, I came round to see if you’re OK, and I find you … I find you …’ ‘… prepari...
Did you have a good time on Saturday, then? he asked. I wished it had been between mouthfuls, but it was, in fact, horrifically, during one. Yes, thank you, I said. It was the first time I’ve tried da...
Compadezco a la gente guapa. Desde el momento en que poseen belleza, se les escapa de las manos, es efímera. Debe de ser difícil tener que demostrar continuamente que eres algo más, querer que los dem...
But, by careful observation from the sidelines, I’d worked out that social success is often built on pretending just a little. Popular people sometimes have to laugh at things they don’t find very fun...
But it's still love: animals, people. It's unconditional, and it's both the easiest and the hardest thing in the world.
As if a silver in the egg-and-spoon race was some sort of compensation for not understanding how to use an apostrophe.
You’ve made me shiny, Laura, I said. I tried to stop it, but a little tear ran down the side of my nose. I wiped it away with the back of my hand before it could dampen the ends of my new hair. Thank...
You forget that the world is full of ordinary decent people like yourselves, good Samaritans who’ll stop and help a soul in need.
What, I wondered, was the point of me? I contributed nothing to the world, absolutely nothing, and I took nothing from it either. When I ceased to exist, it would make no material difference to anyone...
They gave it to me, unloved, unwanted, irreparably damaged. Also the table.
They choose things like plates, bowls and cutlery—I mean, what are they doing at the moment: shoveling food from packets into their mouths with their bare hands? I simply fail to see how the act of le...
The only criterion I have is that the books must look clean, which means that I have to disregard a lot of potential reading material in the charity shop. I don't use the library for the same reason,...
She’s not my type, to be honest.’ He took a noisy mouthful of beer. ‘I mean, looks are important, of course they are, but you’ve got to be able to have a laugh, enjoy each other’s company too, you kno...
Life is all about taking decisive action, darling. Whatever you want to do, do it - whatever you want to take, grab it. Whatever you want to bring to an end, END IT. And live with the consequences.
LOL could go and take a running jump. I wasn’t made for illiteracy; it simply didn’t come naturally.
It’s SpongeBob, Eleanor, he said, speaking very slowly and clearly as though I were some sort of idiot. SpongeBob SquarePants? A semi-human bath sponge with protruding front teeth! On sale as if it we...
It wasn't that you could take them for granted, as such - heaven knows, nothing can be taken for granted in this life - it was simply that you would know, almost unthinkingly, that they'd be there if...