A Broken People's Playlist Quotes

“They will ask me when I first knew I was in love with you. I will sign and say I don't know. It happened in fragments, piece by piece, separate moments over the years. Moments - that's how I remember it. They will be surprised when I say you are the only man I have ever loved.”
― Chimeka Garricks, A Broken People's Playlist

“Then he slapped me. I was used to my father beating my mother. He did it almost with a nonchalance that came from regular practice and confidence in her perpetual surrender. But I am not my mother. I slapped Victor ― so hard, my wrist almost snapped and the pain volted up my arm.”
― Chimeka Garricks, A Broken People's Playlist

“They will ask me when I first knew I was in love with you. I will sigh and say I don't know. It happened in fragments, piece by piece, separate moments over the years. Moments - that's how I remember it. They will be surprised when I say you are the only man I have ever loved.”
― Chimeka Garricks, A Broken People's Playlist

“The music wasn’t too loud because it was a party for middle-aged people. They needed to hear themselves talk.”
― Chimeka Garricks, A Broken People's Playlist

“There is also a picture of his parents at their wedding. A picture that caught the essence of their marriage. In it, his mother throws her head back and laughs, her hand flung round his father’s shoulder, and his father leans towards her and, in his smile, one can almost hear the punchline of the private joke he just told her.”
― Chimeka Garricks, A Broken People's Playlist

“Blah blah blah, I was connecting better with her. Clap for yourself, Mister Nokia, connecting people.”
― Chimeka Garricks, A Broken People's Playlist