Ayla

“Not hungry, thanks, Mum.” “Have just a sandwich.” “No, thanks.” “I can make you a nice ham sandwich. Ham and mustard.” “No, really.” “Cheese? There’s some nice cheddar.” “Honestly, no.” “It’s no trouble.” “Oh, for goodness’ sake! Okay! I give in! I’ll have a bloody sandwich!” “You don’t have to have one,” Mary said, “if you don’t want one.”
― Graham Joyce, Some Kind of Fairy Tale

“Good, because if you have got a problem with it I can’t see you. Can’t smoke, can’t see. You can’t smoke anywhere these days. That’s why I gave up and organized my practice from home. You can drive a bloody car pell-mell with a high risk of slaughtering a thousand little children a year but you can’t smoke in case they get a whiff of your tobacco. What sort of a country is that?” He”
― Graham Joyce, Some Kind of Fairy Tale

“It's strange how close love and fear live to each other.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

“Social man...is the masterpiece of existence.”
― Émile Durkheim, Suicide: A Study in Sociology