“If I let him touch me,it'd be like openinga one-waytelepathic tunnel.”

“One more year and I will be closer to wherever I'm going.”

“Then she smiles, like it'sthe first time she's seen sunafter a decade of winters.”

“I want out of this place.With no reminders."It stings -sulphur tearsin cinnamon rain.”

“I'm justthe reason they married.Mum saysI was a surprise.Dad saysI was an accident.Truth is ...I am their mistake.”

“i miss my brother likethe sea would miss saltif that were taken away.”

“I walk the city, through its crush of people and its smells:body odour, rotting food, vomit and urine. A cocktail of oppression and freedom.”