To me a good book is like a quiet friendโa friend whoโs happy to share thoughts and feelings with you, whoโs always there when you need them. Best of all, this friend doesnโt have any secrets. They trust you to understand them. They take you to their innermost places. They share their sensations and emotionsโand they let you experience them. Wherever you go and however you feel, they are always by your side. For an hour, a day, a week, or forever, their life becomes yours. Their story is your story. Thatโs the kind of book Iโm trying to write.
Kevin BrooksItโs always hard to lose somebody. It leaves a hole in you heart that never grows back.
Kevin BrooksI wanted to turn everything off, too. Just press a button - click - and shut myself down. Turn off my heart, turn off my mind, turn off my body - just lie there, senseless, like a dormant tree in winter, waiting for the spring to return.
Kevin BrooksImagine: you've spent all day traipsing round London, lost in a maze of chaos, trying to find a hidden illusion; you've been living on hope, ignoring reality, fuelled only by feelings you don't understand. You've been looking for a dream, never truly believing you'd find it, but now โ incredibly โ you have. It's right there in front of you โ just behind that off-white door. It's there ...
Kevin Brooks