Catherine O'Flynn

“Anyone who asked for chocolate limes was a killer, according to Adrian, due to his abhorrence of the sweet and his belief…

— Catherine O'Flynn

“It frightened her to witness these mass ebbs and flows, to work at the cutting face of all that suggestion and manipulation.”

— Catherine O'Flynn

“I don’t know – I suppose if you’re very unhappy at home, anywhere is better than there.”

— Catherine O'Flynn

“I think sometimes you lose people and you barely know it at the time. It starts as a small crack. That's all…

— Catherine O'Flynn

“He was glad some of the pain was fading, had already faded so much since the first year. But it seemed more…

— Catherine O'Flynn

“It had been hard for months. Sleep would curl slowly around him while he was reading a book, sleep would trick him…

— Catherine O'Flynn

“Lisa: It just seems a bit of a waste. Ed: Waste of what? Lisa: Waste of time… of life. Ed: That’s the…

— Catherine O'Flynn

“I hate it here. I hate the way everyone looks at you. I hate the way everyone looks.”

— Catherine O'Flynn

“He had no trust in his own judgement any more, but there was no one else to rely on.”

— Catherine O'Flynn

“She found the evenings long and empty, and the nights worse. She dreaded the weekends.”

— Catherine O'Flynn

“The longer she looked down the more scared she became of the growing urge to throw herself off.”

— Catherine O'Flynn

“She imagined people picking up the newspapers she dropped through their doors, reading about a world they never visited. For the first…

— Catherine O'Flynn

“She realized that was one of the things she liked about Green Oaks – nobody knew her. She wasn’t the quiet girl…

— Catherine O'Flynn