“Here is everything I know about almost everything, that i think applies to almost everyone, that might help you someday.”
“Amsterdam – the dangerous city; I watched, I listened, I breathed. The sun bounces off the canals; the smell of herrings, of whatever people throw into them, and of rats.”
“Shitty first drafts. All good writers write them. This is how they end p with good second drafts and terrific third drafts.”
“The reason Evie was special is that she had an Ability. The Ability had a capital A because it was a very important ability. She could communicate with animals.”
“I have wonderful news for you, darling.A little brother or sister is coming – what fun! As for me, my life's pretty much fucked now. Because two's a million more kids than one.”
“Just when we think all the ladders between heaven and earth have fallen down we discover that our own heart, after all, has been the source of our greatest insights. That’s where all ladders start.”
“I was a man, that much was clear. But, years after I became one, I still wondered what, exactly, that meant.”
“The tarp and the hunting knife and the kettle frame and even Peppa's walking trainers all came in the post, all got on Amazon and all with the nicked cards Robert brought back with him and kept in the bedside drawer.”
“My problem is sex, or if it isn’t, sex hides the problem so completely that I don’t know what it is. I want revenge on a woman who is not real”
