Leah

“He's grieving for the dad he could have been, and the dad he never had, and the dad that he DID have, and his ten-year relationship, and his life in London, and his entire sense of identity. Ed is grieving for so many versions of himself that it's hard to look at the Ed that does exist...”
― Oisín McKenna, Evenings and Weekends

“He is half of my soul, as the poets say.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“Only last year, she had looked towards the horizon, and the hill was nowhere to be seen. Now, scrambling down the descent, she realised that she’d been at the summit and not even noticed! She hadn’t even paused for lunch or to admire the view or to congratulate herself for making it to the top.”
― Oisín McKenna, Evenings and Weekends

“Their wordlessness is a symptom of their intimacy, so attuned to each other that they are beyond verbal language altogether. Barely saying a word, these two are understood.”
― Oisín McKenna, Evenings and Weekends