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"Shit at maths, obviously, and general common sense, but maybe not as shit at songwriting and singing as I'd come to believe."

Oh Eva, your life might be a debarcle, but your not

"The bongos are many things, but seldom miraculous."

"I have to remind myself that Ant - for all his virtues - doesn't know what he's talking about."

Eva, I think he does

'But what did she say, exactly?'
'Nothing. Just two thumbs.'
'Up?' I check.
'Up.'
'Was she being sarcastic?'
'I don't think so. Thumbs are pretty straightforward.'

"Mim films it all, even though, on the surface, this must be the least cinematic scene in history. But what's happening inside is seismic."

"His shoulder twitches twice, and I like to think it's because he's flying, in there."

"Hope is what's left when the noise fades away."

This sounds a lot like bribing the police

"I hope they see in me a determined, artistic genius, and not a hungover, lying mess of a girl who doesn't have a chance in hell of achieving anything with her life."

A positive atitude will get you anywhere

"Cooper Hunter gets raised on rock and roll, I imagine Ruby thinking, and I get medicated for listening to The Smashing Pumpkins?"