"

This was beyond a joke. This had moved beyond foolishness, slipped over the line into genuine 24 karat Jesus-Christ-I-fucked-up-bigtime territory.

"

Up the narrow stairs and into the kitchen. Rosie's mother looked around and made a face as if to indicate that it did not meet her standards of hygien...more

"

Fat Charlie went back to his hotel room, the colour of underwater, where his lime sat, like a small green Buddha, on the countertop."You're no help," ...more

"

Rosies mother was a highly strung bundle of barely thought-through prejudices, worries and feuds.

"

Is there a word for forgetting the name of someone when you want to introduce them to someone else at the same time you realize you've forgotten the n...more

"

To bite off your shadow is neither easy nor painless. It demands a single-mindedness that is almost unknown in this day.

"

We have eyes and we have nervesesWe have tails we have teethYou'll all get what you deservesesWhen we rise from underneath.

"

We have teeth and we have tailsWe have tails we have eyesWe were here before you fellWe will be here when you rise.

"

We are small but we are manyWe are many we are smallWe were here before you roseWe will be here when you fall

"

For some folks death is release, and for others death is an abomination, a terrible thing. But in the end, I'm there for all of them.

"

Note for Americans and other aliens: Milton Keynes is a new city approximately halfway between London and Birmingham. It was built to be modern, effic...more

"

Some people have great ideas maybe once or twice in their life, and then they discover electricity or fire or outer space or something. I mean, the ki...more

"

Silas consumed only one food, and it was not bananas.

"

The house in the story is based on my friend Tori's house in Kinsale, Ireland, which is obviously not actually haunted, and the sound of people upstai...more

"

I will not be my father's dog.