I read somewhere that spiders can spin silk strong enough to hold the weight of a thousand trucks. I tried to imagine those lines of silver, thinner than air, stronger than steel. Sometimes I think...

I spent the weekend after our date wishing I could stab him with my fluffy-duck pen and staring at the phone hoping he’d call. Dating is a very tricky business.

I’m always looking for what will make me whole. What will make me happy? Somewhere along the way I started to think it wasn’t Helen anymore. She hasn’t changed. Her laugh is still the one...

Asking’s the easy bit. Then there’s everything that comes after.

Do many guys ask you out twice?””Only the ones with balls.

Dad and I leave town in the early dark. It’s the second Sunday of the holidays, and we pack up the old blue car with enough clothes for summer and hit the road. It’s so...

My dad was a magician too. Got in his car and disappeared.

You can’t drive them around in the getaway van.’ ‘How about we don’t call it the getaway van? People might get suspicious.’ ‘So what should we call it?’ ‘How about the van?’ ‘It doesn’t change...

She looked at me with those empty eyes, and I thought, I’m going to make sure I fill them up with something.

Tonight’s going to be one of those things that seem to last forever.

Being different is the only way to live

Sometimes I wish I was a guy. Life’s so much easier for them.

If my like for you was a football crowd, you’d be deaf ’cause of the roar. And if my like for you was a boxer, there’d be a dead guy lying on the floor. And...

You’re not like other girls, you know that, right?’ Ed asks.‘I’ve been aware of the problem,’ I tell him.

Love and romance are things worth waiting for.

We watch her walk into the spotlight she’s been been hiding from most of her life. Sure, friendship is all about believing in someone so hard they believe it, too. Sure, it’s about trust. But...

It’s when I’m around some people that my entire vocabulary goes on vacation. Like now

I guess I’m too dumb to see the difference.

If you don’t want a generation of robots, fund the arts!

Now you’re dead, and I’m buried.

I took the money and passed the box across the counter and said politely, ‘Your choice of colourreally lacks style.’ I smiled and Beth laughed and the guy asked to see my manager.I got Bert...

The stars are on the inside. They are effing beautiful.

If my like for you was a footy crowd, you’d be deaf cos of the roar.And if my like for you were a boxer, there’d be a dead guy lying on the floor.And if my...

Why do want to find him so bad?’ I ask after a while, but she’s not listening. I watch her a bitlonger. ‘Why do you want to find him so bad?’ I ask again.She blinks...

How can I explain to her that I just can’t come home? It’s too soon, it’s too late; I do want to be with Helen every second of the day but at the same time...

Kept dreaming of this spot she had on her neck, this tiny country. I wanted to visit, to paint a picture of what I found there, a wall with a road map of her skin.

I spray the sky fast. Eyes ahead and behind. Looking for cops. Looking for anyone I don’t want to be here. Paint sails and the things that kick in my head scream from can to...

Real is better, The truth is better. Painful but better.

ALYCE: ‘Gracie’s got brown hair, like me. She’s about the same height, too. People notice her. I think it’s her voice. It’s always louder than you expect and covered with laughter.I was surprised when she...

Have you ever done something that you were really ashamed of? I mean somehing so bad you felt sick just thinking about it?”Everyone has. Why, what’d you do?”I didn’t say goodbye to Mum.”That’s not so...