“Salim,' She said, as if he were in the room. 'I'll have your guts for garters.' I has never heard this before and wondered what garters were. Kat told me later that they are what women used to wear around… — Siobhan Dowd Copy Share Image
The studying, the books, exams, arguments, theories. The jokes and pints, laughter, kisses and songs. Life was like running, ninety percent sweat and toil,… — Siobhan Dowd Copy Share Image
“The difference between laughing your head off and shouting your head off is that with one you are happy and with the other you… — Siobhan Dowd Copy Share Image
“The world's most famous fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, said that once you have eliminated all the possibilities, whatever remains, however improbable, must be true.” — Siobhan Dowd Copy Share Image
“Everyone laughed their heads off, which is not what literally happened but I like the idea of laughing heads becoming detached from bodies through… — Siobhan Dowd Copy Share Image
“Kat had her arms folded and her hair was tied in what girls call a topknot. Her skinny, bony face jutted out. With her… — Siobhan Dowd Copy Share Image
“And drawers started opening in my brain, drawers I hadn't opened in years, and I was slamming them shut again but bits of memory… — Siobhan Dowd Copy Share Image
has it ever occurred to you that where there is no anger, there is also no love? — Siobhan Dowd Copy Share Image
“Salim,' She said, as if he were in the room. 'I'll have your guts for garters.' I has never heard this before and wondered… — Siobhan Dowd Copy Share Image
Death is not a reaper, like they say, nor even a friend. It is a dark, fierce water, an inundation. — Siobhan Dowd Copy Share Image
Knowledge can be like the skin on the surface of the water in a pond, or it can go all the way down to… — Siobhan Dowd Copy Share Image
