“What are you reading?’ he asks this afternoon. ‘Kafka’s Metamorphosis,’ George says, without looking up. ‘And what’s it about?’ ‘Guy turns into… — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
“I guess there are a lot of people who don't know the right thing to say. You don't notice them so much… — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
“We watch her walk into the spotlight she’s been been hiding from most of her life. Sure, friendship is all about believing… — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
“I don’t understand,’ Dad says. ‘You were such happy children.’ ‘I was never a happy child,’ George says. ‘True, but Henry was.’… — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
“... all isn't lost. We lose things, but sometimes they come back. Life doesn't always happen in the order you want.” — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
“No one has anything to get up for. Life's pointless and everyone just gets up anyway. That's how the human race works,"… — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
“Mum says be careful of boys who never take anything seriously. Dad says a boy needs a good sense of humor to… — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
“Get up, Henry,' he says. 'You're fermenting. Tell him he's fermenting, George.” — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
“Secondhand books are haunted, according to him. Ghosts in the pages.” — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
“Serial killer aren't creative." "Watch a little Dexter and get back to me on that.” — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
“I made you collapsible. I put you in and raised you with string and made you stay there with putty.” — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
“I’ve been reading a heap too—not swimming. I don’t swim. I like baths, though, and they allow the added bonus of being able to… — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
“I spray the sky fast. Eyes ahead and behind. Looking for cops. Looking for anyone I don't want to be here. Paint sails and… — cath crowley Copy Share Image
“Words matter, in fact. They're not pointless, as you've suggested. If they were pointless, then they couldn't start revolutions and they wouldn't change history.… — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
“I stopped doubting her predication after she told me I'd be allergic to guava juice, which was something I'd never tried. I drank a… — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
“If my like for you was a footy crowd, you'd be deaf cos of the roar. And if my like for you were a… — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
“Ellipses," according to Henry, are "fucking excellent." The exclamation mark is just a weird guy who talks too loudly.” — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
“Humans are strong, but if you hit them at the right point, they destruct.” — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image