14 quotes found
“One more year and I will be closer to wherever I'm going.”
“Things should have beenso differentto the way they arenow.”
“Growing up changes morethan playground gamesand body shapes.”
“I'm all alone,fuming at myself,waving a great flagof failure.”
“i miss my brother likethe sea would miss saltif that were taken away.”
“The true test is wonwhen being togetherwithout saying a wordis everything.”
“I'm justthe reason they married.Mum saysI was a surprise.Dad saysI was an accident.Truth is ...I am their mistake.”
“Stella scribbledin thick black textaacross half the pagesof my best storybook,filled with people who venturedwhere their hearts took them.Beautiful worlds beyond mine.”
“Then she smiles, like it'sthe first time she's seen sunafter a decade of winters.”
“There're three reasonspeople get away from here:gone good, gone bad orgone dead.”
“I want out of this place.With no reminders."It stings -sulphur tearsin cinnamon rain.”
“Instead,she's as stillas a leaf-littered pond,dark water evaporating,waiting desperately for rain.”
“It's not about blood,"says Lucius. "It's about who you shareyour life with.Where you feelyou really belong.”
“I walk the city, through its crush of people and its smells:body odour, rotting food, vomit and urine. A cocktail of oppression and freedom.”
