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Read Me Like a Book Quotes
Perhaps nothing is as simple as it looks. Perhaps everything has another layer, a hidden room that only reveals itself when you accidentally stumble across the secret door. Or perhaps I’m talking bollocks and it’s time to go to bed.
— Liz Kessler, Read Me Like a Book
The queers could almost pass for the same species as the straights.
— Liz Kessler, Read Me Like a Book
It’s official, then. Everyone knew I was gay before I did.
— Liz Kessler, Read Me Like a Book
On the way out, I hug Mum, holding her close. ‘Thank you, ‘ I whisper. ‘For dinner – and for everything.’Mum smiles and strokes my cheek. ‘There’s nothing to thank me for.
— Liz Kessler, Read Me Like a Book
Miss Murray is leaning on the door. “Ash, come on. It’s time to go.” Her hand is so tight on the handle, her knuckles are pale. She’s looking at the floor. “Miss Murray?””What?” She doesn’t move. I stare at her face but she doesn’t return the look. “I love you.”The air in the room has frozen, every atom suspended. Then her tense body slackens. Her hand loosens its grip on the door and she turns her head slowly towards me. She meets my gaze for a moment. Her eyes have dark rings under them. Her forehead is creased with worry. Her cheeks are pale. I want to make it all OK. I want to make her happy. I desperately want to touch her face. “I know, ” she says quietly.
— Liz Kessler, Read Me Like a Book
If you looked round the rooms, you wouldn’t think there was anything missing. But it’s like one of those Spot the difference cartoons in a puzzle book. The changes are so subtle, yet glaringly obvious once you’ve seen them. A photo missing here, a cup there. A heart a bit more broken than it was before.
— Liz Kessler, Read Me Like a Book
It’s all very well going round with two fingers stuck up at the world, but what happens when the world turns round and sticks them back up at you?The world’s a lot bigger than I am.
— Liz Kessler, Read Me Like a Book
Love doesn’t discriminate and nor should the law. Not in this country, not in this world, not in this lifetime.
— Liz Kessler, Read Me Like a Book
For a second, I see into the future: she’s old and grey, she has senile dementia and can’t remember my name. The thought pretty much breaks my heart in two.
— Liz Kessler, Read Me Like a Book
Then she leans forward, and before I have time to say or think another word, she’s kissing me. And I’m kissing her, too. It starts almost in slow motion. Her lips, soft on mine, light little kisses, tiptoeing. Then she opens her mouth slightly, kissing me with more force. I keep thinking about how perfectly our mouths fit together. Her lips are so gentle, her tongue drawing me in. I’m losing myself in her.
— Liz Kessler, Read Me Like a Book
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