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Olivia Sudjic quotes: Instantly I remembered everything I hated about him. But it was, in a way, comforting to know that he had not changed at all.

Instantly I remembered everything I hated about him. But it was, in a way, comforting to know that he had not changed at all.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: The emotional question became why Susy had rejected me. I was interested in that shift, from actively wanting to actively not wanting.

The emotional question became why Susy had rejected me. I was interested in that shift, from actively wanting to actively not wanting.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: To me, it was clear proof of the existence of supersymmetry, the idea that every particle has a partner. She was mine.

To me, it was clear proof of the existence of supersymmetry, the idea that every particle has a partner. She was mine.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: Well, then, what's the plan now? You can't stay here forever.'My plan was indeed to stay there forever.

Well, then, what's the plan now? You can't stay here forever.'

My plan was indeed to stay there forever.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: The sensation that had plagued me after graduating, of being on the outside of some mystery, peeking in, returned.

The sensation that had plagued me after graduating, of being on the outside of some mystery, peeking in, returned.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: I couldn't think of a reply except No, so I said, 'Sure.

I couldn't think of a reply except No, so I said, 'Sure.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: Tokyo was a place you could quite happily exist alone and be self-contained. It seemed to promise that it was better to be by yourself.

Tokyo was a place you could quite happily exist alone and be self-contained. It seemed to promise that it was better to be by yourself.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: She hasn't forgotten that I once called that thing she does, with the pins, Pinteresque.

She hasn't forgotten that I once called that thing she does, with the pins, Pinteresque.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: The sharp, superficial pain at being spoken to unkindly had obscured the deeper pain, which had not yet turned into something hard and heavy.

The sharp, superficial pain at being spoken to unkindly had obscured the deeper pain, which had not yet turned into something hard and heavy.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: So there is a before and there is an after. That isn't made up. But it's just a passage of time, no big change that changes everything.

So there is a before and there is an after. That isn't made up. But it's just a passage of time, no big change that changes everything.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: Roses are like kamikaze love pilots.Roses are like suicide love bombers.

Roses are like kamikaze love pilots.
Roses are like suicide love bombers.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: The street had that sad summertime feeling that you want to push on to see why it hurts.

The street had that sad summertime feeling that you want to push on to see why it hurts.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: No order, no pattern, just chaos. Lots of little universes separated by invisible screens . . .

No order, no pattern, just chaos. Lots of little universes separated by invisible screens . . .

Olivia Sudjic quotes: But you'd hope anyone would feel sympathy if they actually saw someone face to face, pleading for a chance.

But you'd hope anyone would feel sympathy if they actually saw someone face to face, pleading for a chance.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: I sank back, deeper into the parallel universe I had found.

I sank back, deeper into the parallel universe I had found.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: But it is difficult to tell whether something is an oppurtunity or a trap when you are put on the spot.

But it is difficult to tell whether something is an oppurtunity or a trap when you are put on the spot.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: I watched us without interest, heard us only faintly, like strangers below my window.

I watched us without interest, heard us only faintly, like strangers below my window.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: If everything stays the same, it seems possible for someone to come back.

If everything stays the same, it seems possible for someone to come back.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: They seemed to despise each other, with a kind of loyalty.

They seemed to despise each other, with a kind of loyalty.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: The messages must be stuck somewhere in the tube of light underneath the ocean that connects London and New York.

The messages must be stuck somewhere in the tube of light underneath the ocean that connects London and New York.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: I began to cry but maintained my shouting through it, like a wind through sheets of rain.

I began to cry but maintained my shouting through it, like a wind through sheets of rain.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: Email is the scourge of our age,' said Silvia. 'Email and cancer.

Email is the scourge of our age,' said Silvia. 'Email and cancer.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: She came back to me at 10.01 the next morning, a mirror time, as I'd expected.

She came back to me at 10.01 the next morning, a mirror time, as I'd expected.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: I was on the sidewalk, buffering, wondering if it was okay to follow people in real life.

I was on the sidewalk, buffering, wondering if it was okay to follow people in real life.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: Yes,' she said, her nod and smile so American and so misleading. 'You are not supposed to be here - you're supposed to be there.

Yes,' she said, her nod and smile so American and so misleading. 'You are not supposed to be here - you're supposed to be there.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: Mizuko loved reading the dictionary. She liked it when there were multiple meanings for words and when opposite meanings could be contained.

Mizuko loved reading the dictionary. She liked it when there were multiple meanings for words and when opposite meanings could be contained.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: It continues to impress me how fluently Americans, even immigrants like her, speak of their achievements.

It continues to impress me how fluently Americans, even immigrants like her, speak of their achievements.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: Things which had at first felt like signs, if I analysed them for too long, ended up feeling like the movements of my own reflection in dark glass.

Things which had at first felt like signs, if I analysed them for too long, ended up feeling like the movements of my own reflection in dark glass.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: I don't want to alarm anyone, but everywhere we go I see Alec Baldwin. It's like he's following us.

I don't want to alarm anyone, but everywhere we go I see Alec Baldwin. It's like he's following us.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: He had deduced also that I was quirky and promised me that he was too.

He had deduced also that I was quirky and promised me that he was too.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: I wondered how best to demonstrate that we were kindred spirits.

I wondered how best to demonstrate that we were kindred spirits.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: I asked to use the bathroom and sat, recovering, on the edge of a marble bath on a dais - the kind Greek husbands are slain in.

I asked to use the bathroom and sat, recovering, on the edge of a marble bath on a dais - the kind Greek husbands are slain in.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: I had shelved expectations of another kiss; the intensity of not kissing now worked almost as well - the proximity and denial.

I had shelved expectations of another kiss; the intensity of not kissing now worked almost as well - the proximity and denial.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: My ability to make up lies on the spot chills me as much as it saves me.

My ability to make up lies on the spot chills me as much as it saves me.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: But I do not know the people I am crying for anymore. I don't let myself sympathise - I think it would be wrong.

But I do not know the people I am crying for anymore. I don't let myself sympathise - I think it would be wrong.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: Yeah!' I said again, widening my eyes and nodding slowly but emphatically to show that she had seen into my own symmetrical soul.

Yeah!' I said again, widening my eyes and nodding slowly but emphatically to show that she had seen into my own symmetrical soul.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: The rejection was bigger than the present moment itself.

The rejection was bigger than the present moment itself.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: I had one of those flashes - the sea-glass feel of a well-worn phrase.

I had one of those flashes - the sea-glass feel of a well-worn phrase.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: It was to do with the glazed look that always comes over me when faced with somebody who has offended or hurt me and yet whose approval I want.

It was to do with the glazed look that always comes over me when faced with somebody who has offended or hurt me and yet whose approval I want.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: Waking in the morning, I had to remember grief all over again. It was sunny, a white winter sun, and that made me sad.

Waking in the morning, I had to remember grief all over again. It was sunny, a white winter sun, and that made me sad.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: She was limp and pathetic and woozy and I loved her, I realised, even more because I knew how completely it was doomed.

She was limp and pathetic and woozy and I loved her, I realised, even more because I knew how completely it was doomed.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: I don't know, I can't know, but I almost did.

I don't know, I can't know, but I almost did.

Olivia Sudjic quotes: I no longer felt I could try to belong with these people.

I no longer felt I could try to belong with these people.