Bridge Quotes

“Do you want to call the cops?” Dom says, not meaning it for a millisecond. But she appreciates them saying it out loud, especially considering their whole brown-queer-from-out-of-town thing.”
― Lauren Beukes, Bridge

“Everything I am, I was: all fading away, a reverse Polaroid.”
― Lauren Beukes, Bridge

“Radiolab’s episode “Bringing Gamma Back,” on how certain light frequencies applied to rat brains can destroy plaque caused by Alzheimer’s disease.”
― Lauren Beukes, Bridge

“And there are also some trust-fund kids cosplaying poverty. I am coining the term blanketforters,”
― Lauren Beukes, Bridge

“Her mom says they’re trying to find a rabbit, but they find a witch instead, with curly hair and tattoos of stars and not scary like Baba Yaga. Her name is Mina and she knows her mom from back in the day, and Bridge is impressed at how she is grubby and glamorous at the same time in a short black dress and big army boots with the laces undone so she might trip at any moment.”
― Lauren Beukes, Bridge