“If you are not from a particular place the history of that particular place will dwell inside you differently to how it dwells within those people who are from that particular place. Your connection to certain events that define the history of a particular place is not straightforward because none of your ancestors were in any way involved or affected by those events. You have no stories to relate and compare, you have no narrative to inherit and run with, and all the names are strange ones that mean nothing to you at all. And it's as if the history of a particular place knows all about this blankness you contain. Consequently if you are not from a particular place you will always be vulnerable for the reason that it doesn't matter how many years you have lived there you will never have a side of the story; nothing with which you can hold the full force of the history of a particular place at bay.And so it comes at you directly, right through the softly padding soles of your feet, battering up throughout your body, before unpacking its clamouring store of images in the clear open spaces of your mind.Opening out at last; out, out, outAnd shimmered across the pale expanse of a flat defenceless sky.All the names mean nothing to you, and your name means nothing to them.”
―
Claire-Louise Bennett,
Pond
“I don’t get to speak?” “Not yet.” “Then when?” “When I’ve fucked you so hard you’ve forgotten what you wanted to say.” ― Louise Bay, Autumn in London
“Whatever it is that you're afraid of, I'll stand between you and it my whole life.” ― Louise Bay, Duke of Manhattan
“I’m fucking you. You’re not fucking me.” I nudged her knees wide with my legs and pushed into her.” ― Louise Bay, King of Wall Street
“I groaned. “You can’t question me on stuff I say while I’m fucking.” ― Louise Bay, King of Wall Street
“I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed-Michael Jordan” ― Louise Bay, King of Wall Street
“I pitied any girl dumb enough to fuck Max King. Which, apparently, included me.” ― Louise Bay, King of Wall Street
“If you’re fucking me, you’re not fucking anyone else.”“Babe, I’ve never even mentioned a threesome.” ― Louise Bay, Autumn in London
“We need a man for this shit,” Grace said as I struggled with my keys. “We need men for sex and foot rubs,” I replied. “We can carry our own furniture.” “In” ― Louise Bay, King of Wall Street
“That was what I’d learned from the women in my life—pick your battles.” ― Louise Bay, King of Wall Street
“Yes. Just. Like. That,” she breathed.” ― Louise Bay, Autumn in London
“You have my heart, so bring it back safely.” ― Louise Bay, What the Lightning Sees: Part Two
“…believing sarcasm and rude remarks kept the monsters at bay. They didn’t.” ― Louise Penny, A Rule Against Murder
“just because it didn’t last forever, doesn’t mean it was a failure. It was right for the time. No one said the right guy is the man you spend your whole life with.” ― Louise Bay, Duke of Manhattan
“There’s nothing worse than the non-apology apology. Either apologise and mean it, or don’t bother.” ― Louise Bay, What the Lightning Sees: Part One
“There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. It is necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live . . . the sum of all human wisdom will be contained in these two words: Wait and Hope.” ― Louise Bay, Park Avenue Prince
“Give me a break, beautiful, my balls are already blue.” He groaned.” ― Louise Bay, Autumn in London
“It wasn’t as if I’d expected a ring, or dinner. But, hell, a “Hello, how are you, thanks for the hot sex” was surely only polite.” ― Louise Bay, King of Wall Street
“I’m thirty seconds away from pulling you down onto the grass and dry humping you like my fourteen-year-old self.” ― Louise Bay, Mr. Mayfair
“I don’t get to speak?” “Not yet.” “Then when?” “When I’ve fucked you so hard you’ve forgotten what you wanted to say.” ― Louise Bay, Autumn in London
“Whatever it is that you're afraid of, I'll stand between you and it my whole life.” ― Louise Bay, Duke of Manhattan
“I’m fucking you. You’re not fucking me.” I nudged her knees wide with my legs and pushed into her.” ― Louise Bay, King of Wall Street
“I groaned. “You can’t question me on stuff I say while I’m fucking.” ― Louise Bay, King of Wall Street
“I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed-Michael Jordan” ― Louise Bay, King of Wall Street
“I pitied any girl dumb enough to fuck Max King. Which, apparently, included me.” ― Louise Bay, King of Wall Street
“If you’re fucking me, you’re not fucking anyone else.”“Babe, I’ve never even mentioned a threesome.” ― Louise Bay, Autumn in London
“We need a man for this shit,” Grace said as I struggled with my keys. “We need men for sex and foot rubs,” I replied. “We can carry our own furniture.” “In” ― Louise Bay, King of Wall Street
“That was what I’d learned from the women in my life—pick your battles.” ― Louise Bay, King of Wall Street
“Yes. Just. Like. That,” she breathed.” ― Louise Bay, Autumn in London
“You have my heart, so bring it back safely.” ― Louise Bay, What the Lightning Sees: Part Two
“…believing sarcasm and rude remarks kept the monsters at bay. They didn’t.” ― Louise Penny, A Rule Against Murder
“just because it didn’t last forever, doesn’t mean it was a failure. It was right for the time. No one said the right guy is the man you spend your whole life with.” ― Louise Bay, Duke of Manhattan
“There’s nothing worse than the non-apology apology. Either apologise and mean it, or don’t bother.” ― Louise Bay, What the Lightning Sees: Part One
“There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. It is necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live . . . the sum of all human wisdom will be contained in these two words: Wait and Hope.” ― Louise Bay, Park Avenue Prince
“Give me a break, beautiful, my balls are already blue.” He groaned.” ― Louise Bay, Autumn in London
“It wasn’t as if I’d expected a ring, or dinner. But, hell, a “Hello, how are you, thanks for the hot sex” was surely only polite.” ― Louise Bay, King of Wall Street
“I’m thirty seconds away from pulling you down onto the grass and dry humping you like my fourteen-year-old self.” ― Louise Bay, Mr. Mayfair
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