She won't forget or recover, she is inconsolable. - Helen Oyeyemi

I'm not saying I'm amazing or anything, but I'm decent-looking. Why shouldn't a decent-looking girl expect to be kissed?

The only way to try and interrogate or possibly persuade stories to reveal something about themselves is to make all these provocations and assaults on them, and try and unpack them and unpick their seams and see if they react.

A song called 'Earth Angel' played in her head all morning—also three trumpets and a piano.