When you meet someone you love, then you change for good. Thatโs why the other person will never know or understand the earlier you, and why you can never change back. And why, when that person starts to go, youโll feel the tear deep in your heart long before your head has the slightest clue whatโs going on.
Michael Marshall SmithYou haven't seen untidiness until you've seen a room where gravity has failed twice in different directions.
Michael Marshall SmithMaking something secret makes it too important, elevates it to the point where it runs your life from the shadows. If you hide what's at your core from other people for too long, sooner or later you end up hiding it from yourself and waking up with no idea of who you are.
Michael Marshall SmithMy limited experience of such things told me that you get closest to the truth by not giving it advance warning that you're coming after it.
Michael Marshall Smith