“The whole fairground with all its memories would soon be smashed into the dust.”

“He was already fading. I knew that it wouldn't be long until he was just a vague image, however much I tried to cling onto his memory.”

“Just for a moment, amid all the bad stuff, this was a happy place again.”

“He was one of those people who completely changes when they smile. Like the sun had come out.”

“It seemed like five minutes later we were here, the Land That Time Forgot, watching the removal van disappear round the corner like a last hope.”

“I lay for hour thinking about London, my old bedroom and the Dad-shaped hole in my life.”

“My friends are always conscious of what people think of them. As though life is something that has an audience.”