I think that some laughter comes from escaped horror, doesn't it?

I think that some laughter comes from escaped horror, doesn't it?

Everything was usual. That was depression: being stuck, clinging to an out-of-date version of oneself.

People never remeber happiness with the care that they lavish on preserving every detail of their suffering.

Well, the attractive thing about the subject of happiness is that it is notoriously difficult to write.

You can only give things up once they start to let you down.

The whole Melrose series is an attempt to tell the truth, and is based on the idea that there is some salutary or liberating power in telling the truth.