Anita

“Do you ever wonder what it would be like, to drop all . . . this, with someone?” Fin says, eventually. He makes a gesture up and down from his face to his shoulders and down to his waist that leaves me nonplussed. “The defenses and the deceptions and ways we have of impressing people. To fully be yourself, with no . . . no fear, I guess? Of how you’re coming over. No management of the impression you’re making. Total honesty.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, Just Last Night

“No one said evil couldn’t be attractive. That’s how evil gets a lot of it workload done, in fact.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, Just Last Night

“You usually say old people are a comfort to each other, but that’s what Suzie and I were. I can see that so clearly. The secret formula, each other’s comfort and joy. The eternity of the silence overwhelms me. The line between us buzzes with monotonous static. A line never to be busy again. The only word I can think of that comes close to how I feel is desolate.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, Just Last Night

“Sometimes my friendship with Ed feels amazing and beneficial, because it’s good to know I can feel that way with someone, and to see him glow with adoration in return. Other times, it’s like endlessly overperforming in an interview, for a job where the position has already been filled.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, Just Last Night