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1 " There's nothing more satisfying than being stupid with a friend. "
― Fiona Wood , Six Impossible Things
2 " REVISITING THE LIST1. Kiss EstelleOkay, at least I've met her. She thinks I'm a creep. And that's withought her knowing I've read her diaries. Unless we somehow fall over, exactly aligned, lip to lip, and gravity causes the pressure, or we find ourselves in a darkened room and through a series of Shakespearian ID muddles she thinks she's kissing someone else, I can't say how this is ever going to happen. "
3 " Stress level: extreme. It's like she was a jar with the lid screwed on too tight, and inside the jar were pickles, angry pickles, and they were fermenting, and about to explode. "
4 " ... you cow,' Estelle added. 'I heard that.' 'Give the woman the geriatric audiology medal,' Estelle said. 'I heard that, too', her mother said, from the other side of the door. "
5 " We look at each other with shy relief. It's the look two odd socks give when they recognise each other in the wild. "
6 " Fred is staying with his mother these holidays. She's living in London for six months, in Chelsea, studying Georgian underwear at the National Art Library. It's a thesis, not a fetish. "
7 " My problems are like waves - just as one disappears with a snarl and a hiss there’s another shaping up to knock me down. "
8 " Something large and happy has unfolded in my chest, erupting in a smile that won’t quit. I can’t remember ever feeling so light-hearted. Or is my heart full? Or bursting? Not aching, that’s for sure. "
9 " There's this sky I know "
10 " Guys, please, one life-changing shock at a time, I felt like saying. "
11 " It’s the look two odd socks give when they recognise each other in the wild. "
12 " There's this sky I like. "
