Last Night

by Mhairi McFarlane

This is what I never knew about loss – it’s also about what you gain. You carry a weight that you never had before. It’s never behind you. It’s alongside you.

I notice, once again, that company that’s not the right fit for you is so much lonelier than being happily alone.

The things we do to avoid difficult things are often worse than the difficult thing.

Ninety-nine per cent of the world’s lovers are not with their first choice. That’s what makes the jukebox play.