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My Policeman
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When I was twenty-one, I overheard her field Mrs Drewitt’s annual enquiry into my marital status with the words, ‘Tricky’s not made that way.’ Amen to that.
“You can send yourself crazy wondering. But it all happened, and here I am. There’s really no point in asking what if? The only question worth asking is: what’s next?”
― Me
― Me
“Either I was genetically predisposed to losing my rag, or I unconsciously learned by example. Whichever it was, it has proved a catastrophic pain in the arse for me and everyone around me for most of my adult life.”
― Me
― Me
“A psychologist would probably say that, as a kid, I was trying to create a sense of order in a chaotic life, with my dad coming and going and all the reprimands and rows. I didn't have control over that, or over my mother's moods, but I had control over the stuff in my room. Objects couldn't do me any harm. I found them comforting. I talked to them, I behaved as if they had feelings. If something got broken, I'd feel really upset, as if I'd killed something.”
― Me
― Me
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Art, Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, Memoir, Non-fiction, Poetry, Romance, Suspense, and Young-adult
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