“She hadn't realized how long it takes to become somebody else, or how lonely it can be living in a world not meant for you.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
“Hair by Toni & Guy. Personality by Ronald McDonald”
― Pigeon English
― Pigeon English
“She's known sadness. That's what it is. I only just thought that as I wrote it. She's known sadness, and it has made her kind.”
― The Shock of the Fall
― The Shock of the Fall
“...you all want to be the sea. But you're not the sea, you're just a raindrop.”
― Pigeon English
― Pigeon English
“Mental illness turns people inwards. That's what I reckon. It keeps up forever trapped by the pain of our own minds, in the same way that the pain of a broken leg or a cut thumb will grab your attention, holding it so tightly that your good leg or your good thumb seem to cease to exist.”
― The Shock of the Fall
― The Shock of the Fall
Tea and Tales with Cate and Allison
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Persephone Books
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