“She was seventy-three, a widow, came in every night looking like the Queen, drank her body weight in gin and left looking like an unmade bed.” — Emily Maguire Copy Share Image
“And the worst thing, the unsurvivable thing, is understanding that there exist people who know in their flesh the truth of all this. They… — Emily Maguire Copy Share Image
“These were the parts of Strathdee the tourists never saw, lined with red-brick and fibro rentals with squat steel fences out front. It was… — Emily Maguire Copy Share Image
“That's what Jamie didn't understand: it was never just sex. Even the fastest, dirtiest, most impersonal screw was about more than sex. It was… — Emily Maguire Copy Share Image
“May fiddled with her phone, reminding herself she was good at this and in control and that getting the story was more important than… — Emily Maguire Copy Share Image
It was disconcerting that being in love felt lonelier than lonelines. — Emily Maguire Copy Share Image
But then, life is a constant withering of possibilities. Some are stolen with the lives of people you love. Others are let go, with… — Emily Maguire Copy Share Image
“And reading this way - with no deadline, no agenda - she remembered why she loved literature so much. It was like fucking a… — Emily Maguire Copy Share Image
“Do something a bit shit, like getting in a fight outside the TAB or getting a DUI, and people around here will bag the… — Emily Maguire Copy Share Image
Sarah learnt a lot from Alex. Like the way men could say one thing, then another, then act in a way inconsistent with both… — Emily Maguire Copy Share Image
Boys are rarely told that their virginity is a gift, or indeed that their sexuality is about “giving” something to another person – lightly… — Emily Maguire Copy Share Image
“She was seventy-three, a widow, came in every night looking like the Queen, drank her body weight in gin and left looking like an… — Emily Maguire Copy Share Image
Real love should draw no blood from the loved and buckets from the lover. — Emily Maguire Copy Share Image
