“I know I only want him,' she said between sobs, the syllables all wrong, 'because he doesn't want me. How is that even possible?' 'It's normal to want what we can't have,' I said soothingly. 'No, I mean how can he not want me?” HumorRelationshipsHeartbreakDialogueVainSympathyUnrequited LoveLove TriangleOlivia Sudjic Book:Sympathy Source: Sympathy
“She was limp and pathetic and woozy and I loved her, I realised, even more because I knew how completely it was doomed.” LoveSympathyUnrequited LoveDoomedOlivia SudjicDoomed LoveStarcrossed LoversIll Fated Love Book:Sympathy Source: Sympathy
“I had shelved expectations of another kiss; the intensity of not kissing now worked almost as well—the proximity and denial.” DesireKissSympathyUnrequited LoveOlivia Sudjic Book:Sympathy Source: Sympathy