Chandré Louw

“Maybe George was fooling himself. Maybe old people always fooled themselves, pretending that the world was going to hell because it was easier than admitting they were being left behind, that the future was pulling away from the beach and they were standing on their little island bidding it good riddance, knowing in their hearts that there was nothing left for them to do but sit around on the shingle waiting for the big disease to come out of the undergrowth.”
― Mark Haddon, A Spot of Bother

“She may be your own sister, honey, your own flesh and blood, but you’ve got to face it, deep down inside she hates you like poison and nothing would please her more than to see you get it right in the neck.”
― Henry Farrell, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

“School might have been shit, but at least it was simple.”
― Mark Haddon, A Spot of Bother

“The superhuman effort it took sometimes to be normal, and a part of things that appeared both easy and everyday.”
― Rachel Joyce, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry