Headliners Quotes

“My dad says that if you love people and they love you back, and you’re happy for each other when things are good and help each other when things are bad, and you don’t even mind too much when people in-ev-it-a-bly—” she sounded out the word “—try to grind your gears, then it’s family. He says if you’re related to someone and they don’t treat you well, they don’t deserve to be called family, and you can meet someone as a total stranger and they can become the best family.”
― Lucy Parker, Headliners

“My friend’s mum said he’s very handsome. He’s quite old.” A regretful addendum. “But I think he is handsome. It’s a pity you’re Uncle Nick’s cake, or maybe you could be my dad’s girlfriend.”
― Lucy Parker, Headliners

“Beards had magical transformative powers, especially for gentlemen of kind heart but minimal chin.”
― Lucy Parker, Headliners

“That was all she needed, to come on to her period. The day was shit enough.”
― Lucy Parker, Headliners

“I’m eight,” Pippi informed her, with the kindness and exaggerated enunciation of one explaining something to a very small toddler.”
― Lucy Parker, Headliners

“Sabrina took it from him and started correcting where he’d gone wrong. Which was a lot easier to do with knitting than in other areas of life.”
― Lucy Parker, Headliners

“It was like someone had exploded the yellow Teletubby, and the contrast between the walls inside and the pitch-black sky outside was physically painful.”
― Lucy Parker, Headliners

“He also felt every bloody cell in his body become alert when she came into a room, as if something inside him woke up and went into a state of intense high frequency. It was that sharp pull and equally hard push.”
― Lucy Parker, Headliners

“He liked Freddy Carlton, Sabrina’s irrepressible sister. He suspected most people did—the theatre actress was a sweetheart—but he also found her goddamn exhausting.”
― Lucy Parker, Headliners

“And you’ve got a co-presenter who’ll take the first opportunity to castrate you with a rusty teaspoon. You don’t make life easy for yourself.”
― Lucy Parker, Headliners

“One day they rode on opposite sides of a London bus all afternoon because they’d had an argument. They didn’t want to talk to each other, but still wanted to be near each other. When they got back to their stop, they walked home without a word, holding hands.”
― Lucy Parker , Headliners

“I’ve never forgotten that constant flow of support from my parents. I’ve carried it with me, like a safety net, knowing that whatever happens, someone was proud of me and will always be proud of me.”
― Lucy Parker, Headliners

“The difference when he isn’t around—it’s like swapping between a full-colour photograph and its negative. If you’re going to be with someone, they shouldn’t... fade you. You shouldn’t have to make yourself less so that they can be more.”
― Lucy Parker, Headliners

“He had a speech planned, but I jumped the gun a bit and it got jumbled. He went all scowly and sexy. It was great.”
― Lucy Parker, Headliners

“Sabrina considered herself a morning person. However, she also considered that mornings began at 10: 00 a.m.”
― Lucy Parker, Headliners