“The operating table was empty. 'Where's he gone?' demanded Jane. 'he didn't leave a note,' said Rye” — Adam Baker Copy Share Image
“Sometimes people don’t have to say or do anything weird. They just sit there, quietly sipping tea, all the while putting out… — Adam Baker Dying inside Copy Share Image
“But imagine if we were the only people left. The last men on earth. I’d be the best golfer in the world… — Adam Baker Nature Copy Share Image
“Yeah,” sighed Jane. “I suppose. But that’s the problem. I can cope with despair. But hope keeps fucking me up.” — Adam Baker Hope Copy Share Image
“They say a happy childhood is a lousy preparation for life. Kids who spend their playground days fat, ginger or gay know… — Adam Baker Childhood Copy Share Image
“Kill me,” he said. “Do it clean.” He sat at a cocktail piano. He played ‘I Get a Kick Out of You’.… — Adam Baker Pretty good Copy Share Image
“They say a happy childhood is a lousy preparation for life. Kids who spend their playground days fat, ginger or gay know… — Adam Baker Childhood Copy Share Image
“Thing is, what does a hero look like these days? Muscles and lycra? Life isn’t a contest of strength anymore. Jobs, banks,… — Adam Baker Hero Copy Share Image
“Jane felt self-conscious each time Ghost saw her naked. A lifetime of fathood had left her with sagging skin. Ghost didn’t seem… — Adam Baker Time Copy Share Image
“Jane woke, stretched, and decided to kill herself. If she hadn’t found a reason to live by the end of the day… — Adam Baker End of the day Copy Share Image
“The burden of selfhood,” she sighed. “Life-long anguish. Straining to support an elaborate artifice every waking moment. Trying to maintain our bullshit… — Adam Baker Different world Copy Share Image
“I read a lot of travel books before I came here. Fantasised what it would be like. I read Scott’s journal. Those… — Adam Baker Books Copy Share Image
“Ghost grabbed the cab cage and kicked at the driver. Flesh tore. The crewman ripped away from the forklift and fell on… — Adam Baker Cranes Copy Share Image
“Everyone gets tested. You never see it coming. But sooner or later the moment arrives and you have to account for yourself.” — Adam Baker Account Copy Share Image
“I’m going to miss you, girls,” he told the plants. “You have names for them?” croaked Jane. “This is Beatrice.” “You’re not… — Adam Baker Greens Copy Share Image
“A slow dragging sound from below the walkway. 'i don't think we're alone down here,'said Punch” — Adam Baker Copy Share Image
“Negative courage. Give up on yourself, and you have nothing left to fear. You become invincible.” — Adam Baker Courage Copy Share Image
“But if you fake any trait long enough it becomes an essential part of you, like your fingerprint. So there’s no point… — Adam Baker Cogito-ergo-sum Copy Share Image
