Karen W

“The old man bridled at this. All his life he had gone out of his way to avoid any situation that might be mistaken for a friendship.”
― Dan Rhodes, Little Hands Clapping

“I have seen the universe! It is made of poems!”
― Sjon, The Blue Fox

“The Professor looked like a Protestant saint when the cannibal offered him the choice of taking six wives or being boiled alive. He wanted to mortify some flesh, but he didn't know which.”
― Joyce Cary, The Horse's Mouth

“And meanwhile time goes about its immemorial work of making everyone look and feel like shit.”
― Martin Amis, London Fields