“I picked up a mug with the complicated name of a medication stamped across the side, and a slogan about Treating Today for Tomorrow. They're handed out to places like this by visiting drug companies. Last time I went in the office to borrow the Nursing Dictionary, I counted three mugs, a mouse mat, a bunch of pens, two Post-it note booklets and the wall clock - all sporting the brands of different medicines. It's like being in prison and having to look at adverts for fucking locks.”
― The Shock of the Fall
― The Shock of the Fall
“I need to slow down because I want to explain how my world slowed down. I also need to talk about how life has a shape and a size, and how it can be made to fit into something small – like a house.”
― The Shock of the Fall
― The Shock of the Fall
“She's known sadness, and it has made her kind.”
― Where the Moon Isn't
― Where the Moon Isn't
“I can only describe reality as I know it. I'm doing my best, and promise to keep trying. Shake on it.”
― The Shock of the Fall
― The Shock of the Fall
“Her brother has a disease, an illness with the shape and sound of a snake. It slithers through the branches of our family tree. It must have broken her heart, to know that I was next.”
― The Shock of the Fall
― The Shock of the Fall
Rooz’s 2025 Year in Books
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