52 Quotes by Lily Morton

I’ve spoken to Sid,” she admits. “He says he’s never seen Charlie so bad. He won’t eat, he’s lost weight and he looks terrible. Sid says it’s the first time he’s ever been so bored by him that he’s considered smothering him.

I may be clever, but I never said I was wise.

You’re not the boss of me,” I say peevishly, and he grins suddenly. “No one is the boss of you, Milo. You’re gloriously intractable.

He wears that responsibility like Superman wears a cape. I smile at him. Some superheroes never get recognised, I suppose.

He’s lovely,” I say, putting my hand out to the dog. “What’s his name?”“Boris Johnson.”I blink. “Pardon?”He smiles. “Because he’s blond and stupid and makes very questionable decisions.

Yes, Cinderella won a real prize - a man who couldn’t see her true worth until she fitted in the shoe properly.

My mother used euphemisms about everything. She used to announce her visits to the gynaecologist by saying she was seeing someone about her problems with the down belows. Made her sound a bit like a cruise ship that had been beached.

Married, married. My ring on your finger. Yours on mine. Till death do us part,” he rattles off. “Come on Mabes, it’s the next logical step. We’ve been living together for long enough. It’s time to make an honest man out of me.”“We’ve been living together for five hours,” I say, looking at the clock. He shrugs. “When it’s right, it’s right.

Not every girl is like you,” Sid says sadly.“There are plenty like me. You just don’t find them in a mosh pit or with their tits hanging out outside the stage door.”“Damn, that’s my dating pool gone then,” mutters Seth from the front of the car and the others snigger.