“I had shelved expectations of another kiss; the intensity of not kissing now worked almost as well—the proximity and denial.” — Olivia Sudjic Desire Copy Share Image
“Things which had at first felt like signs, if I analysed them for too long, ended up feeling like the movements of… — Olivia Sudjic Olivia-sudjic Copy Share Image
“Suddenly I had to laugh. It was like realising you definitely need to projectile vomit when you thought you had it under… — Olivia Sudjic Laugh Copy Share Image
“No order, no pattern, just chaos. Lots of little universes separated by invisible screens . . .” — Olivia Sudjic Chaos Copy Share Image
“I felt the nauseous shiver in my stomach—everything from rage to empathy to morning sickness—that I had grown used to and now… — Olivia Sudjic Emotions Copy Share Image
“Man with goatee. Man who looked like a Beatle. All the Beatles at once. Woman wearing newspaper hat. I'd grown used to… — Olivia Sudjic Humor Copy Share Image
“But it is difficult to tell whether something is an oppurtunity or a trap when you are put on the spot.” — Olivia Sudjic Olivia-sudjic Copy Share Image
“We had, I felt, bared small pieces of our symmetrical souls to each other, fast, as if playing one of those breathless… — Olivia Sudjic Copy Share Image
“Maybe, as Mizuko said, we won't even really die, just carry on in the feedback loop we are stuck in. Instead of… — Olivia Sudjic Death Copy Share Image
“I was worried that if I told her the story, she would identify with it too much. That her sympathy, however well-meaning,… — Olivia Sudjic Olivia-sudjic Copy Share Image
“As I lay, a pink, dreamlike glow seeped into the room, gradually turning a bright, chemical red. The light inched towards the… — Olivia Sudjic Copy Share Image
“When he wasn't making quirky jokes about his mother like this—it happened more than once—he mainly spoke at me, about his job… — Olivia Sudjic Copy Share Image
“Have you ever tried to organise a threesome in real life?' I shook my head. I'd only encountered them in porn, but… — Olivia Sudjic Life Copy Share Image
“It never ceased to amaze me how she just had the facts always, in her head. It occured to me that if,… — Olivia Sudjic Death Copy Share Image
“So there was no explicit bonding. Certainly not the kind you might be expecting if you like films like The Parent Trap… — Olivia Sudjic Bonding Copy Share Image
“I'm going to have to get an entirely new social scene if I want to avoid him,' she said, hunting for evidence… — Olivia Sudjic Heart Copy Share Image
“Or maybe it was already too late; you only get one first love. She was mine, but I had not been hers.… — Olivia Sudjic First love Copy Share Image
“I saw a doctor. I went in case there were any remnants of the summer inside me—sticky, slender fish bones that needed… — Olivia Sudjic Doctors Copy Share Image
“For a while this seemed to do the trick, and I felt that whatever contamination I had helped to spread, the boundaries… — Olivia Sudjic Damage Copy Share Image
“I felt my own self-sufficiency, my own Walden Pond, seeping out of me as if I'd sprung a leak. Self soaked into… — Olivia Sudjic Identity Copy Share Image
“Mizuko wonders if the GPS is still monitoring their progress. She has the distinct feeling of being watched by something in the… — Olivia Sudjic Darkness Copy Share Image
