Musings

Men carve meaning into women’s faces; messages addressed to other men.

The Silence of the Girls, Pat Barker

… everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.

Cat’s Eye, Margaret Atwood

In the library I felt better, words you could trust and look at till you understood them, they couldn’t change half way through a sentence like people, so it was easier to spot a lie.

Oranges are Not the Only Fruit, Jeanette Winterson

But there are tides in the body.

Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf

Making a killing on Wall Street might be a harmless turn of phrase, but it only enjoys traction because of the culture it takes place in.

Irvine Welsh’s intro to American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis