Observing human variety can give pleasure, but so too can human sameness.

And feeling clever, I've always thought, is just a sigh away from being cheerful.

It marked the beginning and, of course, an end. At that moment a chapter, no, a whole stage of my closed. Had I known, and had there been a spare second or two, I might have allowed myself a little nostalgia.

When they kissed she immediately felt his tongue, tensed and strong, pushing past her teeth, like some bully shouldering his way into a room. Entering her.

Arguing with a dead man in a lavatory is a claustrophobic experience.

You can tell a lot from a person's nails. When a life starts to unravel, they're among the first to go.

Politics is the enemy of the imagination.