“She had no God to plead to for mercy or luck. It would be true to say she depended instead on human kindness and painkillers.” — Deborah Levy Copy Share Image
“We're kissing in the rain.' Her voice was hard and soft at the same time. Like the velvet armchairs. Like the black rain inked… — Deborah Levy Copy Share Image
Life is only worth living because we hope it will get better and we'll all get home safely. But you tried and you did… — Deborah Levy Copy Share Image
“I can't stand THE DEPRESSED. It's like a job, it's the only thing they work hard at.” — Deborah Levy Copy Share Image
When happiness is happening it feels as if nothing else happened before it, it is a sensation that happens only in the present tense. — Deborah Levy Copy Share Image
“We were doing everything we could to avoid the moment we would both go our separate ways.” — Deborah Levy Copy Share Image
“The young woman was a window waiting to be climbed through. A window that she guessed was a little broken anyway.” — Deborah Levy Copy Share Image
“I can't stand THE DEPRESSED. It's like a job, it's the only thing they work hard at. Oh good my depression is very well… — Deborah Levy Copy Share Image
“Next year he would suggest they hire a chalet on the edge of an icy fjord in Norway, as far away from the Jacobs… — Deborah Levy Copy Share Image
“As much as I try to make the past keep still and mind its manners, it moves and murmurs with me through every day.” — Deborah Levy Copy Share Image
I have never got a grip on when the past begins or where it ends, but if cities map the past with statues made… — Deborah Levy Copy Share Image
