Catherine O'Flynn Quotes & Sayings

The longer she looked down the more scared she became of the growing urge to throw herself off. — Catherine O'Flynn

She found the evenings long and empty, and the nights worse. She dreaded the weekends. — Catherine O'Flynn

It frightened her to witness these mass ebbs and flows, to work at the cutting face of all that suggestion and manipulation. — Catherine O'Flynn

I hate it here. I hate the way everyone looks at you. I hate the way everyone looks. — Catherine O'Flynn

It had been hard for months. Sleep would curl slowly around him while he was reading a book, sleep would trick him that he was awake, sleep would play the best movies. — Catherine O'Flynn

Anyone who asked for chocolate limes was a killer, according to Adrian, due to his abhorrence of the sweet and his belief that no law-abiding person could like such an unnatural combination. "They've stepped outside the norms of society, Kate. Their moral compass has gone crazy. Anything goes." In addition, Adrian referred similarly to anyone who bought plain chocolate as "One with dark appetites."
Kate tried to base her suspicions on more concrete evidence, but even she couldn't help feeling dubious of anyone who bought prawn cocktail crisps. They both agreed, though, that Kit Kat buyers were forces for good in society. — Catherine O'Flynn

He had no trust in his own judgement any more, but there was no one else to rely on. — Catherine O'Flynn

She imagined people picking up the newspapers she dropped through their doors, reading about a world they never visited. For the first time it occurred to her that her classmates had been right. Except it wasn't just one ghost, but many, one in every flat. Floating through the walls, communicating only through the strange words and symbols they left in the lift. — Catherine O'Flynn

Dermot studied the backs of his hands. "I always loved her." He placed them flat on his knees. "But I've been less lonely since she's gone. — Catherine O'Flynn

He was glad some of the pain was fading, had already faded so much since the first year. But it seemed more to be a trade off: with the pain went details and memories. People had said, 'Time heals,' but he realized time didn't heal, time just eroded and confused, and he didn't think that was the same thing at all. — Catherine O'Flynn

Our absence is what remains of us. — Catherine O'Flynn