Hunger Pains Quotes

“Personally, I don't really like showing people what I'm reading or talking about it. It's something I like keeping to myself, get me. Like, I don't judge people who like discussing their books and all that, like book clubs and shit like that. That's just not for me. I'm spending proper intimate time with the book and I ain't trying to share that with just anybody. More time nobody.”
― Derek Owusu, Hunger Pains: The conversation-starting Quick Reads story from the award-winning author of Borderline Fiction

“The funny thing about love is that it comes and goes but people chat about it like it's forever. I didn't really notice this until I started fucking with Temi. Yeah, you don't always feel it, but inside of it, and what it's left inside of you, there are other things like hope and fascination. Things like respect that keep it alive, if you get me.”
― Derek Owusu, Hunger Pains: The conversation-starting Quick Reads story from the award-winning author of Borderline Fiction

“Obviously I didn't wanna die. That's the whole reason I stopped eating ultra-processed food. This was just supposed to be about self-control. Reaching a goal. Being pure muscle, no soft bits, no fat. But the fear was a next ting. And I didn't want my mum to clock what was going on, either. So I just agreed to go. And I sat in my GP's office until an ambulance came and picked me up.”
― Derek Owusu, Hunger Pains: The conversation-starting Quick Reads story from the award-winning author of Borderline Fiction

“I think, I think life means less if everyone knows about it, if you get what I mean?
Like, special moments are special because they're personal.”
― Derek Owusu, Hunger Pains: The conversation-starting Quick Reads story from the award-winning author of Borderline Fiction