William Sutcliffe > Quotes

“Maybe. But we all need reassurance, don’t we?’ ‘Of what? That we’re normal?’ ‘Something like that. Not in every way. Just reassurance that our problems aren’t because we’re crazy or weak or stupid – that other people have the same difficulties.”
― William Sutcliffe, Whatever Makes You Happy

“No Ocidente estamos todos mal habituados. É uma das coisas boas que tem vir para a Índia, temos de enfrentar tantas coisas horríveis que desenvolvemos uma certa imunidade em relação a elas.”
― William Sutcliffe, Are You Experienced?

“Mysteries are for solving, walls are for climbing, secret hideouts are for exploring. That’s just how things are.”
― William Sutcliffe, The Wall

“Now I have a choice. I can go back up, collect my football, and head home; or I can go through. I know what I ought to do. I know what every other boy in Amarias would do. But as I see it, those are the two best reasons there could possibly be for doing the opposite.”
― William Sutcliffe, The Wall

“He was asking for it, and he basically made me do it, and I just weren't powerful enough to hold back the surge that took me over. Blaming me is like blaming the sky for raining.”
― William Sutcliffe, Concentr8

“What the hell was I doing letting you anywhere near a journalist? It's like giving a seal pup to a shark.”
― William Sutcliffe, Concentr8

“It sounds crazy, but I’m not even scared when I decide to go for it. Frankly, it’s the only logical course of action. If you have the chance to uncover a secret and you walk away without looking, there’s something wrong with you.”
― William Sutcliffe, The Wall

“all on my own up on some roof with no options, no choices, just boxed in on every side between different things that I don't want - that nobody would want.”
― William Sutcliffe, Concentr8

“University of Life. Year One - Advance Adventure Playgrounds. Part One Exam - go to the Third World and survive. No revision, interest, intellect or sensitivity required.”
― William Sutcliffe, Are You Experienced?

“I couldn’t recall ever having felt lonely before. It was a weird sensation – for the moment a bit exciting, but I could tell that once I got used to it, it would be awful.”
― William Sutcliffe, Are You Experienced?

“She could do to me with one eyebrow what two weeks without water can do to a plant.”
― William Sutcliffe, The Gifted, the Talented and Me

“There was a general belief that a long and unpleasant holiday was of crucial importance to one’s development as a human being.”
― William Sutcliffe, Are You Experienced?

“Sadece roman duygu sömürüsü yapmadan anlatabilir.”
― William Sutcliffe

“How can you sleep through this? How can you even think of sleeping? And yet, sleep deprivation will drive you mad in the end: the flares in the sky, the symphony of explosions, the roar of mortars, the whir of drones...all this chaos will beat you, if you let it. ~Atef Abu The Drone Eats with Me: Diaries from a City Under Fire (2015)”
― William Sutcliffe, We See Everything