Preloved Quotes

“There is no ending to this story because, as I've realised, stories don't have endings, only beginnings.”
― Shirley Marr, Preloved

“If you're hoping to party like it's 1999 because Prince told you the world was going to end in 2000, then I'm sorry to disappoint you. We're still here.”
― Shirley Marr, Preloved

“Then you had the B-side, which was where the musicians could be creative, even experimental. Life had a nice symmetry, back then.”
― Shirley Marr, Preloved

“When I say microfiche, I'm not talking about really tiny aquatic vertebrae.”
― Shirley Marr, Preloved

“I don't care what your liberal Western education teaches you, but as a young Chinese woman, I demand you have some respect for your father.”
― Shirley Marr, Preloved

“Horror shows teach you nothing about being afraid of ghosts. The experience is much more terrifying in real life.”
― Shirley Marr, Preloved

“I wasn't supposed to be bonding with him. I was supposed to be getting rid of him.”
― Shirley Marr, Preloved

“I concentrated my thoughts on being the solid, perfect girl in my head, instead of the faded and jaded half-girl I really was.”
― Shirley Marr, Preloved