2 Quotes by Kate Holden

I don’t know where I’ve gone – where I’ve gone.’ The world was cracking around me. I was so small. A flood of shame spilled from my eyes. ‘I’ve lost myself – I’ll never get out. Where’s my island? Where’s my island gone?

Suddenly I was in the middle of things. There were late nights staggering home from the pub, days of bumping into my friends in the street and going off for long afternoons of coffee and pool. Parties where I knew everyone. I was kissed up against walls, missed classes because I was in bed with a lanky, dreadlocked boy. We all had our noses pierced.