The Smiling Man
Joseph Knox
Top 10 Best Quotes
“... she was impossible not to look at, impossible not to love. She moved through the party like an aura, and even the places she’d been and gone from held something of her radiance, her afterglow.”
“a security uniform, crumpled on the floor, like he’d evaporated while wearing it.”
“The missing missing were people who dropped off the face of the earth and kept on going, with no one in their lives who noticed, or no one in their lives who cared. When they were found dead, with no means of identification, it was almost as though they’d been born that way.”
“Organized, optimistic people, taking trips. Reluctant, frazzled travellers, following work or family on to the next place. Stiff-limbed rough sleepers trying to look respectable enough to use the toilets, where they’d wash up as much as possible before being moved along. The endless ebb and flow of a major city. And unmistakable in the throng, all of the lovers running away.”
“I waited for my face to warp and alter in the glass but it didn’t change. It had finally settled on a look and, after months of doubt and confusion, I suddenly recognized myself so well. I was my father’s son. The violent man I thought I was pretending to be.”
“their fists wrapped around pint glasses of piss-yellow lager.”
“the respectable city-centre workplace you’d expect. A light, open reception area with biometric security measures and ergonomic chairs.”
“the gin blossoms, blooming in his cheeks.”
“severing ties with old friends that I’d yet to rebind.”
“could see the moon in a grubby window, slicing through the sky like a scythe.”
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Book Keywords:
brutality, father, love, son, unloved, beauty, forgotten, missing, self-awareness, loss, lost, anguish, ego, epiphany
