The Apple Quotes

“Reading, by its very nature, is an admission of defeat, a ritual of self-humiliation: it shows that you believe other lives are more interesting than yours”
― Michel Faber, The Apple

“Amy, his mother, is not the mending type. Her speciality is thrashing grown-up men until they whimper for mercy.”
― Michel Faber, The Apple

“Lose track of time for a moment –just long enough to be overtaken by a hundred and thirty years.”
― Michel Faber, The Apple: Crimson Petal Stories