“Violence always came too easy to you, that's the problem. It always felt too good. Remember the first time you trod on an ant, and with an infant stamp made the moving still, the present past? Wasn't that a sickly… — Stephen Kelman Copy Share Image
“We prefer when you walk around instead of through us. We like to be left in peace while we're eating and performing our courtship… — Stephen Kelman Copy Share
“P.M.+H.O. I.D.S.T. It means me and Poppy belong together. That's what the top letters stand for: P.M. is for Poppy Morgan and H.O. is… — Stephen Kelman Copy Share
“If Agnes dies I'll just swap places with her. She can have my life. I'll give it to her and I'll die instead. I… — Stephen Kelman Copy Share
“I wanted to tell her I loved her but it wouldn't come out. It felt too big. Even the word. It felt too big… — Stephen Kelman Copy Share
“That's when Poppy kissed me. I didn't have time to get ready. She just kissed me there and then, right on the lips. It… — Stephen Kelman Copy Share
“...you all want to be the sea. But you're not the sea, you're just a raindrop.” — Stephen Kelman Copy Share
“I saw her when I came back... Her eyes were closed and everything. I had to stop. I just watched her. It was very… — Stephen Kelman Copy Share
“Mr. Frimpong is the oldest person from church. That's when I knew why he sings louder than anybody else: it's because he's been waiting… — Stephen Kelman Copy Share
“n England nobody helps if you fall over. They can’t tell if you’re serious or if it’s just a trick. It’s too hard to… — Stephen Kelman Copy Share
“Her laughing was like a wave in the sea, when it landed on you it made you laugh as well.” — Stephen Kelman Copy Share
“I pretended like all the oranges rolling everywhere were her happy memories and they were looking for a new person to stick to so… — Stephen Kelman Copy Share
“It's like the Boss always says: they're just meat wrapped around a blazing star. We don't mourn the wrapping once it's discarded, we celebrate… — Stephen Kelman Copy Share
“Both the two of us knew it. We watched the lie go up big and slow between us, then it burst like a spit… — Stephen Kelman Copy Share
“What your problem is, you're all just a raindrop. One of an endless number. If only you'd just accept it, things would be so… — Stephen Kelman Copy Share
“Vilis still doesn't pass to me but I don't care. Where he comes from (Latvia) they burn black people into tar and make roads… — Stephen Kelman Copy Share
