Siobhan Dowd

The studying, the books, exams, arguments, theories. The jokes and pints, laughter, kisses and songs. Life was like running, ninety percent sweat…

— Siobhan Dowd

“The difference between laughing your head off and shouting your head off is that with one you are happy and with the…

— Siobhan Dowd

“The world's most famous fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, said that once you have eliminated all the possibilities, whatever remains, however improbable, must…

— Siobhan Dowd

“Everyone laughed their heads off, which is not what literally happened but I like the idea of laughing heads becoming detached from…

— Siobhan Dowd

“Kat had her arms folded and her hair was tied in what girls call a topknot. Her skinny, bony face jutted out.…

— Siobhan Dowd

“And drawers started opening in my brain, drawers I hadn't opened in years, and I was slamming them shut again but bits…

— Siobhan Dowd

What goes up, must come down... Mustn't it?

— Siobhan Dowd

has it ever occurred to you that where there is no anger, there is also no love?

— Siobhan Dowd

“Salim,' She said, as if he were in the room. 'I'll have your guts for garters.' I has never heard this before…

— Siobhan Dowd

Death is not a reaper, like they say, nor even a friend. It is a dark, fierce water, an inundation.

— Siobhan Dowd

Knowledge can be like the skin on the surface of the water in a pond, or it can go all the way…

— Siobhan Dowd