“the air just went cold, as it did those times before, and started sticking to my skin, on my arms and legs and face, everywhere. I had seen a marble statue in a museum, a well built man doubled over… — Ian Cross Copy Share Image
“I stared so long that I got to seeing them as being dark, ugly sins in my body, smelling and dirty, but my touch… — Ian Cross Copy Share Image
“Like that time I came home and Mum was sick, not letting me upstairs. Later on I heard Dad actually blaming her for being… — Ian Cross Copy Share Image
“And then, believe it or not, it came to me for the first time that all the difference was caused by me.” — Ian Cross Copy Share Image
“That wallpaper. touching it like that, was one of my protection tricks” — Ian Cross Copy Share Image
“He was blaming her for being sick, and she kept repeating, 'I'm forty, do you hear? I'm forty and I've been through enough. I'm… — Ian Cross Copy Share Image
“I looked back towards them, to see if they were watching me, and saw her pulling her arm from his grip. Her eyes were… — Ian Cross Copy Share Image
“Do you like Mother and Father?" "they're both all right" "they're not Jimmy, and you shouldn't say so. I hate them, and you should… — Ian Cross Copy Share Image
“Somehow this is what I wanted to happen. I was holding my ground under attack from my enemies, lashing out at them until they… — Ian Cross Copy Share Image
“the air just went cold, as it did those times before, and started sticking to my skin, on my arms and legs and face,… — Ian Cross Copy Share Image
“I can't, I can't, I can't help hearing, I can't help seeing. I can't help it unless I run away.” — Ian Cross Copy Share Image
