Courtney

“Why had he done it? It had been an idea of the morning—morning ideas were always flawed. They never take into account the accretion of weariness and grief that the late day brings.”
― Jesse Ball, The Divers' Game

“What kind of suicide is it to kill in the world what you find in yourself?”
― Jesse Ball, The Divers' Game

“Which do you think is more patient, an idea or a hope?”
― Max Porter, Lanny

“Cats are not adoring like dogs. They don’t care. They can never be relied upon to shore up a human ego. They go their way, do their thing, are not subservient and will never apologise. No one has ever come across a cat apologising and if a cat did, it would patently be obvious it was not being sincere.”
― Anna Burns, Milkman