All of the seats already had an occupant, which meant I was going to have to position myself next to a stranger. In a different mood, I enjoyed this game: one had ten seconds to scan the occupants and...
Nebulous and milky, like light from an old, old star.
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...
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 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...
There have been times when I felt that I might die of loneliness. People sometimes say they might die of boredom, that they're dying for a cup of tea, but for me, dying of loneliness is not a hyperbol...
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...
I'm not sure I'd like to be burned. I think I might like to be fed to zoo animals. It would be both environmentally friendly and a lovely treat for the larger carnivores. Could you request that, I won...
Eyelids are really just flesh curtains. Your eyes are always ‘on’, always looking; when you close them, you’re watching the thin, veined skin of your inner eyelid rather than staring out at the world.
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...
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 it's still love: animals, people. It's unconditional, and it's both the easiest and the hardest thing in the world.
Based on past experience, I’d be more likely to end up living in Dante Lane or Poe Crescent.
After much reflection on the political and sociological aspects of the table, I have realized that I am completely uninterested in food. My preference is for fodder that is cheap, quick and simple to...
Libraries are life-enhancing palaces of wonder