Lewis Palmer’s Reviews > Henry Henry > Status Update

élan - energy, style, and enthusiasm.
"they performed with uncommon elan onstage"

insouciance - casual lack of concern; indifference.
"an impression of boyish insouciance"

‘He pulled the curtains back from the left-hand window and saw the secret beauty that belonged to very early risers and those who had not slept’

‘I wish you were a child again so I could raise you again, better’

‘There were a lot of different ways you could commit from being drunk. There was the tactical cinder, the unloosing of a stomach’s worth of lager to make room for another few points; the surprise puke, which was not a surprise because it would happen inevitably if you did not make it happen yourself; the takeaway puke, when you scared a Stryofoam box full of chips…’