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> [“I found it hard to write the bits where the things that were at first surprising or even shocking became normal incrementally until I couldn't see that they were anything but normal, because everything else had shifted just one centimetre…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-sudjic/i-found-it-hard-to-write-the-bits-where-the-things-that-were-at-first/)

[Olivia Sudjic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-sudjic/)

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## More by Olivia Sudjic

> [“It was to do with the glazed look that always comes over me when faced with somebody who has offended or hurt me and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-sudjic/it-was-to-do-with-the-glazed-look-that-always-comes-over-me-when/)

[Olivia Sudjic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-sudjic/)

> [“I was on the sidewalk, buffering, wondering if it was okay to follow people in real life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-sudjic/i-was-on-the-sidewalk-buffering-wondering-if-it-was-okay-to-follow/)

[Olivia Sudjic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-sudjic/)

> [“That night I dreamt about the roses laid at the wrong feet—the feet of the nurse. Each bit of the dream was like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-sudjic/that-night-i-dreamt-about-the-roses-laid-at-the-wrong-feet-the-feet/)

[Olivia Sudjic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-sudjic/)

> [“I saw a doctor. I went in case there were any remnants of the summer inside me—sticky, slender fish bones that needed to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-sudjic/i-saw-a-doctor-i-went-in-case-there-were-any-remnants-of-the-summer/)

[Olivia Sudjic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-sudjic/)

> [“I felt the nauseous shiver in my stomach—everything from rage to empathy to morning sickness—that I had grown used to and now thought of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-sudjic/i-felt-the-nauseous-shiver-in-my-stomach-everything-from-rage-to/)

[Olivia Sudjic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-sudjic/)

> [“A neon-pink 3 flickered and instantly disappeared again into the dark. The sight of it on my own device now made me sick. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-sudjic/a-neon-pink-3-flickered-and-instantly-disappeared-again-into-the-dark/)

[Olivia Sudjic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-sudjic/)

> [“I felt my own self-sufficiency, my own Walden Pond, seeping out of me as if I'd sprung a leak. Self soaked into everything around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-sudjic/i-felt-my-own-self-sufficiency-my-own-walden-pond-seeping-out-of-me/)

[Olivia Sudjic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-sudjic/)

> [“ Roses are like kamikaze love pilots. Roses are like suicide love bombers. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-sudjic/roses-are-like-kamikaze-love-pilots-roses-are-like-suicide-love/)

[Olivia Sudjic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-sudjic/)

> [“Waking in the morning, I had to remember grief all over again. It was sunny, a white winter sun, and that made me sad.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-sudjic/waking-in-the-morning-i-had-to-remember-grief-all-over-again-it-was/)

[Olivia Sudjic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-sudjic/)

> [“I sank back, deeper into the parallel universe I had found.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-sudjic/i-sank-back-deeper-into-the-parallel-universe-i-had-found/)

[Olivia Sudjic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-sudjic/)

> [“But you'd hope anyone would feel sympathy if they actually saw someone face to face, pleading for a chance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-sudjic/but-you-d-hope-anyone-would-feel-sympathy-if-they-actually-saw/)

[Olivia Sudjic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-sudjic/)

> [“From watching Silvia, I'd learned that one of the worst things about being ill is that most people find your suffering opaque. With this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-sudjic/from-watching-silvia-i-d-learned-that-one-of-the-worst-things-about/)

[Olivia Sudjic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-sudjic/)

> [“Begin at the beginning. Know nothing. Tabula rasa. At the same time, part of me wanted to distinguish myself. To let her sense the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-sudjic/begin-at-the-beginning-know-nothing-tabula-rasa-at-the-same-time-part/)

[Olivia Sudjic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-sudjic/)

> [“Tokyo was a place you could quite happily exist alone and be self-contained. It seemed to promise that it was better to be by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-sudjic/tokyo-was-a-place-you-could-quite-happily-exist-alone-and-be-self/)

[Olivia Sudjic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-sudjic/)

> [“It continues to impress me how fluently Americans, even immigrants like her, speak of their achievements.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-sudjic/it-continues-to-impress-me-how-fluently-americans-even-immigrants/)

[Olivia Sudjic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-sudjic/)

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