“After all, memory may be the only thing on earth we can truly manipulate to serve us, so we don't have to look back at ourselves in the receding past and think, What an arsehole!” ThinkingLooksMayEarthPastMemoriesManipulateArseholes Book:A Fraction of the Whole Source: A Fraction of the Whole
“[I'll teach you] how not to leave the windows of your heart open when it looks like rain and how everyone has a stump where something necessary was amputated.” LooksHeartTeachRainWindowStumps Book:A Fraction of the Whole Source: A Fraction of the Whole
“… she gave me a look that deftly combined tenderness with revulsion. To this day the memory of that look still visits me like a Jehovah’s Witness: uninvited and tireless.” LooksStillsMemoriesWitnessThis DayTendernessJehovahRevulsionUninvited Book:A Fraction of the Whole Source: A Fraction of the Whole
“Let’s not mince words: the inside of the Sydney casino looks as if Vegas had an illegitimate child with Liberace’s underpants, and that child fell down a staircase and hit its head on the edge of a spade.” IfsLooksChildrenEdgesVegasSydneyCasinosSpadesStaircasesUnderpantsIllegitimate Child Book:A Fraction of the Whole Source: A Fraction of the Whole
