"They were determined to find something mechanically wrong with him - because broken machines are easier to fix."
- Lionel Shriver
"The last thing we want to admit is that the forbidden fruit on which we have been gnawing since reaching the magic age of twenty-one is the same mealy Golden Delicious that we stuff into our children’..."
"He wasn't mad, he was sad."
"They were determined to find something mechanically wrong with him - because broken machines are easier to fix. p303"
"My mind is huge with little stories that I never told you."
"A carpet of despair which lay underneath the levels of fury."