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Charlie Sunshine (Close Proximity, #2) QUOTES

Charlie Sunshine (Close Proximity, #2) QUOTES

1 " Unless my leg falls off, in which case I’ll go to the hospital rather than take oil-of-fucking-depressed-sea-anemone or whatever he’s got in that box. I busy myself making tea and, when it’s done, set it on the table, gesturing to my mum to join me. "

― Lily Morton , Charlie Sunshine (Close Proximity, #2)

2 " My father looks around, and his brow wrinkles. “Where are your bookcases?” he says in a completely bewildered voice.
I shrug. “Misha doesn’t have any. He hates them and likes plain walls and minimal fuss.” We exchange looks that agree on the incomprehensible nature of that.
“Why?” my dad asks in a scandalised tone of voice, suggesting that I’ve just said that Misha prefers to boil small children.
I nod. “Thank you. It’s nice to have my opinion reinforced.” 
“It’s just not natural,” my dad mutters.
Aidan chuckles. “Not everyone wants bookcases holding up their walls,” he says cheerfully.
My dad shakes his head. “You should watch your foul mouth,” he advises. "

― Lily Morton , Charlie Sunshine (Close Proximity, #2)

3 " When I think of you, I don’t think of chains. I think of laughter in the dark and the sweet smell of all your bloody candles which means that we’ll never be caught short by a power cut. I think of the man who builds dangerous book towers on his bedside table that threaten life and limb, and who makes my house a real home by making me buy fucking orange sofas. The man who makes me face the prospect that I’m going to have to continue buying bookshelves until one day either our floors collapse or we give up and buy a new house. I think of being in love with my best friend and staying that way. "

― Lily Morton , Charlie Sunshine (Close Proximity, #2)

4 " let him talk on, smiling because he hasn’t noticed the platinum wedding ring on the key ring at all. It catches the light, and while Charlie talks, I picture it sitting on that third finger of his left hand. I want it there by nighttime. "

― Lily Morton , Charlie Sunshine (Close Proximity, #2)