Joe Dunthorne Quotes

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• My mother tells me I do not chew my food enough; she says I am making it harder for my body to get the essential…
• There will be birds and if they write your name in the sky then you can get on the buses and if they don't you…
• Exercise II. Write a diary, imagining that you are trying to make an old person jealous. I have written an example to get you started:…
• ...I want to grab her collarbones as if they were handlebars.
• I love you more than words. And I am a big fan of words.
• It is strange to hear your mother talk about being human because, honestly, it's too easy to forget.
• Depression comes in bouts. Like boxing. Dad is in the blue corner.
• Anger does not come easy to me. It is something I have to encourage, like a greyhound in second place.
• That's a big love letter," she says, squinting. I know what I'm going to say and for a moment I wish there was a film…
• I would never say snog. I would say osculate." She looks at me as if to say: why do you exist?
• I bought a packet of Trojan® Ultra Pleasure Extra Sensitive condoms: ‘No. 1 in AMERICA’. They smell nothing like a positive first sexual experience.
• I was camped at the same site as her: Broughton Farm. She came over to my tent and showed me her blisters. She asked me…
• The next thing Jordana says makes me realize that it's too late to save her. "I've noticed that when you light a match, the flame…
• After that, we had a short conversation about how your body can sometimes seem totally separate. She said her body can feel like a distant…
• For my last birthday, Dad bought me a pocket-sized Collins English Dictionary. It would only fit in a pocket that had been specially designed.
• I spin around on the swivel chair and look up at the ceiling; Oliver being Oliver being Oliver being Oliver. I am suddenly aware of…
• Most people think of themselves as individuals, that there's no one on the planet like them. This thought motivates them to get out of bed,…
• I find that the only way to get through life is to picture myself in an entirely disconnected reality. I often imagine how people would…
• I don't know if I've come of age, but I'm certainly older now. I feel shrunken, as if there's a tiny ancient Oliver Tate inside…
• To us and a wonderful evening of love making.

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