Philip

“Our house had not been spurted with the Day-Glo spray of spontaneous outrage but slathered with a hatred that had reduced until it was thick and savorous, like a fine French sauce.”
― Lionel Shriver, We Need to Talk About Kevin

“Likewise the innards of my sole telephone socket are disgorged; my uncertain connection to the outside world dangles by two poorly soldered wires, and it often cuts off.”
― Lionel Shriver, We Need to Talk About Kevin