Sleepless

For ‘guilt’ is just another synonym for ‘death’ – a crueller, more agonising death.

It doesn’t matter; the truth doesn’t need anything prefabricated.

PS: Did you know that my name – Nadja – means ‘hope’?

His little girl is now four months old, old enough for the sea, the most beautiful place in the world.

The first sign your partner’s cheating on you: they take more care over their appearance and take up new hobbies.

Grief is a creature with sharp claws. It makes a cruel cut down my torso like in an autopsy.

The first time it’s a mistake, the second time it’s a choice.

But, the way I see it, fury is like an avalanche: once it gets going it’s unstoppable.

‘An objection! Good try, Nadja, but I’m afraid I’m going to have to disappoint you. It is, of course, relevant because, as we all know, the two of them proceeded to have an affair.

If you hesitate and your shot merely grazes the beast, you cause it more suffering and make more work for yourself.’