The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

by Jane Riley

The ‘don’t’s won over from the ‘do’s time and time again, until it seemed the natural way to be.

I had to remember what I didn’t want as much as what I did want.

I realised that being single and lonely was better than being taken and unhappy.

Just because I was single again didn’t mean it would always be the case,

‘Sometimes I find giving someone something for no reason is the best gift of all.’