Roman á Clef Quotes

“It was a sacrifice worthy of her and dreams are made to be killed.”
― David Louden, Bone Idol [bohn ahydl]

“Propping up a seat at the bar we devour chicken wings like life does dreams”
― David Louden, Lost Angeles

“Wriggling around, two fingers deep in my back end like some teenage boy unsure what he should be tugging at inside his girlfriend’s nether region I wrestled a fifty free.”
― David Louden, Lost Angeles

“It hadn’t always been this way, that’s a cliché, but it is a cliché for a reason. It’s not like anyone starts a relationship with nothing to say to the other person. No-one wants to feel like a complete stranger and live together because it’s easier than trying to remember who owns the copy of Almost Famous – which was mine by the way.”
― David Louden, Lost Angeles

“With the windows in his top of the range Audi firmly in place we slowly baked ourselves and chatted over why my hatred of golf was wrong, what made a good antihero and why Paul McCartney should just fuck off.”
― David Louden, Lost Angeles

“I loved her; I didn’t know how to say it without breaking down the autobot façade she saw before her and revealing the ugly and scarred wreck that lived within my skin. So I played with the radio instead.”
― David Louden, Lost Angeles

“He looked along the line of children, exhibits A to C of his existence and heirs to the twisted throne of his corrupt genetics.”
― David Louden, Bone Idol [bohn ahydl]

“So you’re the little smart ass from Poleglass.”
I wanted to point out he sounded like Dr. Seuss but bit my lip and remembered the warning the old lady gave me.”
― David Louden, Bone Idol [bohn ahydl]

“He was a shadow of the man that once intimidated us out of our home, a shell of a human being, a fragment of a father.”
― David Louden, Bone Idol [bohn ahydl]