“I would never say snog. I would say osculate." She looks at me as if to say: why do you exist?” IfsLooksLook At Me Author:Joe Dunthorne
“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 me operating the levers of a life-size Oliver-shaped shell. A shell on which a decrepit picture show replays the same handful of images. Every night I come to the same place and wait till the sky catches up with my mood. The pattern is set. This is, no doubt, the end.” IfsKnowsFeelsEndsShowsAgeNightWaitingDoubtSkyAncientSizePatternsTinyMoodNo DoubtEvery NightShellsHandfulLeversReplayDecrepitLife Size Author:Joe Dunthorne
“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 nutrients it needs. If she were here, I would remind her that I am eating a blueberry Pop-Tart.” IfsNeedsEnoughBodyMotherEssentialsEatingHarderPopsNutrientsTartsBlueberries Book:Submarine Source: Submarine
“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 have to die on the floor.” IfsWritingDiesNamesSkyBirdBus Author:Joe Dunthorne
