“Because once you become a parent, you learn that love can involve more fear than you had ever imagined, and you never quite look on the world in the same way again.”
―
Teresa Driscoll,
I Am Watching You
“Just a feeling that reminded him of a whole different time, a different version of himself.” ― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You
“I read somewhere that by your forties you are supposed to care more about what you think of others than what they think of you –so why is it I am still waiting for this to kick in?” ― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You
“striking, like a model or a member of a boy band. And it all reminds me of that very particular feeling in your tummy. You know. So I am not at all surprised or in the least bit disapproving when the men stand up and the good-looking one then leans over the top of the dividing seats, wondering if he might fetch the girls something from the buffet, ‘. . . seeing as I’m going?’ Next there are name swaps and quite” ― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You
“The problem with lying, he is learning, is that you have to remember the details of the lie. To make them match each time. Each new version is making it more difficult.” ― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You
“who can travel through time. Today she will write about a child at a kitchen table in Cornwall who cannot peel her orange, moaning and whining for help. The mother – creaming butter and sugar and smiling – I tell you what, Melissa. Why don’t I show you how to zest before I peel it? We” ― Teresa Driscoll, Recipes for Melissa
“He knows that he should go to his wife –to help her, to console her –but he knows also that it will make no difference and so is putting it off. The truth? He wants just a little longer like this, looking out on the lawn. In this strange space, this addition to the house that has never really worked –always too hot or too cold, despite all the blinds and the big dust- magnet fan they had installed at ridiculous expense –he has managed somehow to drift into a state of semi- consciousness, a place in which his mind can roam beyond his body, beyond time, out into the garden where this very minute, in the early morning light, he is listening to them whispering in their den in the bushes. Anna and Jenny.” ― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You
“have never forgotten the joy of learning to revive roses with fresh water and cutting the stems super sharp at an angle. The miracle of them lifting up their heads again as if saying thank you.” ― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You
“Because once you become a parent, you learn that love can involve more fear than you had ever imagined, and you never quite look on the world in the same way again. Which” ― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You
“A witness?’ ‘Yes. A woman on the train.” ― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You
“But selective mutism is no easy fix; a child so anxious they are afraid even to hear their own voice in public.” ― Teresa Driscoll, The Friend
“Karl has served a sentence at Exeter prison for assault; Antony for theft.” ― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You
“The ‘problem’ with having a conscience is you expect other people to have one too, so you analyse and evaluate their behaviour according to your own standards. But true sociopaths have no understanding why we all worry about rules or laws . . . or the lives and feelings of others.” ― Teresa Driscoll, The Friend
“LIBRA Today you must leave it alone. Walk away from it. Be strong, be sensible and above all else, be less bothered. Practise the art of ‘not caring’. There’s your solution.” ― Teresa Driscoll, The Friend
“Bulldozers” ― Teresa Driscoll, The Promise
“So often this past year I have wondered what exactly makes us the way we are. I don’t just mean the nature/nurture thing, I mean the sum of our personality and the decisions we make. All the thoughts that fire around our brain, even when we don’t want them to. How we handle the issues of conscience and responsibility. Why I blame myself when others wouldn’t.” ― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You
“again. Which is precisely why I cannot cope with my part in Anna’s disappearance.” ― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You
“I pick those I watch very carefully. They need to be special. Sometimes I pick them because I love them and I know how much they need me, and sometimes I pick them because I hate them. I never pick anyone in-between. Why bother if you don’t feel strongly?” ― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You
“once you become a parent, you learn that love can involve more fear than you had ever imagined, and you never quite look on the world in the same way again.” ― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You
“Just a feeling that reminded him of a whole different time, a different version of himself.” ― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You
“I read somewhere that by your forties you are supposed to care more about what you think of others than what they think of you –so why is it I am still waiting for this to kick in?” ― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You
“striking, like a model or a member of a boy band. And it all reminds me of that very particular feeling in your tummy. You know. So I am not at all surprised or in the least bit disapproving when the men stand up and the good-looking one then leans over the top of the dividing seats, wondering if he might fetch the girls something from the buffet, ‘. . . seeing as I’m going?’ Next there are name swaps and quite” ― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You
“The problem with lying, he is learning, is that you have to remember the details of the lie. To make them match each time. Each new version is making it more difficult.” ― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You
“who can travel through time. Today she will write about a child at a kitchen table in Cornwall who cannot peel her orange, moaning and whining for help. The mother – creaming butter and sugar and smiling – I tell you what, Melissa. Why don’t I show you how to zest before I peel it? We” ― Teresa Driscoll, Recipes for Melissa
“He knows that he should go to his wife –to help her, to console her –but he knows also that it will make no difference and so is putting it off. The truth? He wants just a little longer like this, looking out on the lawn. In this strange space, this addition to the house that has never really worked –always too hot or too cold, despite all the blinds and the big dust- magnet fan they had installed at ridiculous expense –he has managed somehow to drift into a state of semi- consciousness, a place in which his mind can roam beyond his body, beyond time, out into the garden where this very minute, in the early morning light, he is listening to them whispering in their den in the bushes. Anna and Jenny.” ― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You
“have never forgotten the joy of learning to revive roses with fresh water and cutting the stems super sharp at an angle. The miracle of them lifting up their heads again as if saying thank you.” ― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You
“Because once you become a parent, you learn that love can involve more fear than you had ever imagined, and you never quite look on the world in the same way again. Which” ― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You
“A witness?’ ‘Yes. A woman on the train.” ― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You
“But selective mutism is no easy fix; a child so anxious they are afraid even to hear their own voice in public.” ― Teresa Driscoll, The Friend
“Karl has served a sentence at Exeter prison for assault; Antony for theft.” ― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You
“The ‘problem’ with having a conscience is you expect other people to have one too, so you analyse and evaluate their behaviour according to your own standards. But true sociopaths have no understanding why we all worry about rules or laws . . . or the lives and feelings of others.” ― Teresa Driscoll, The Friend
“LIBRA Today you must leave it alone. Walk away from it. Be strong, be sensible and above all else, be less bothered. Practise the art of ‘not caring’. There’s your solution.” ― Teresa Driscoll, The Friend
“Bulldozers” ― Teresa Driscoll, The Promise
“So often this past year I have wondered what exactly makes us the way we are. I don’t just mean the nature/nurture thing, I mean the sum of our personality and the decisions we make. All the thoughts that fire around our brain, even when we don’t want them to. How we handle the issues of conscience and responsibility. Why I blame myself when others wouldn’t.” ― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You
“again. Which is precisely why I cannot cope with my part in Anna’s disappearance.” ― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You
“I pick those I watch very carefully. They need to be special. Sometimes I pick them because I love them and I know how much they need me, and sometimes I pick them because I hate them. I never pick anyone in-between. Why bother if you don’t feel strongly?” ― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You
“once you become a parent, you learn that love can involve more fear than you had ever imagined, and you never quite look on the world in the same way again.” ― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You
