Musings

The spider’s web is a home and a trap.

There There, Tommy Orange

…he had answered “nothing”, that word we answer when we are thinking “everything”.

On Heroes and Tombs, Ernesto Sabato

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