I had seen how in an instant, those you called friends could suddenly become tormentors, sniffing out a weakness or a difference, turning their own fear of ostracism into a weapon with which they could beat the victim away, afraid… — Meera Syal Copy Share Image
Maybe that’s what love meant, both people thinking they were the lucky one. — Meera Syal Copy Share Image
“...attack being the best form of defence, and never ever show that you might be in pain. That would only invite more violence because… — Meera Syal Copy Share Image
“... no one wanted to think about the gangs of no-hope teenagers who already took over the nearby park all day, drinking lager and… — Meera Syal Copy Share Image
“My best friend in all the world really did have a boyfriend and had never told me. My best friend was sharing me with… — Meera Syal Copy Share Image
“Only tiny kindnesses, but the ones that counted, the million little mercies we take for granted, the mundane gestures that keep us, tentatively, together.” — Meera Syal Copy Share Image
“...smoke, spattered with grey-black debris, coming faster and thicker, eager to escape the brick maw and billow across the unbroken sky. 'Go on...go!' Tania… — Meera Syal Copy Share Image
“I am the genuine article, therefore I don't have to try. I just have to be. You, on the other hand, have to try… — Meera Syal Copy Share Image
I had seen how in an instant, those you called friends could suddenly become tormentors, sniffing out a weakness or a difference, turning their… — Meera Syal Copy Share Image
“I saw everything crumble around me, every single daydream of wandering through the grammar school cloisters citing poetry, of my parents wiping tears away… — Meera Syal Copy Share Image
