Doug Johnstone > Quotes

“they could easily do heart transplants these days, yet childbirth still felt like a black art, some form of ancient witchcraft. If men gave birth you could bet they would've worked out a trouble-free, painless way to do it.”
― Doug Johnstone

“the”
― Doug Johnstone, Gone Again

“Arthur C. Clarke, ‘any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic’.”
― Doug Johnstone, The Space Between Us

“The crazy wind had picked up again and he welcomed the insult of it in his face, relished the resistance to his walking and breathing that it provided. Life was resistance now, just trudging on in the face of it.”
― Doug Johnstone, Gone Again

“Taxis and night buses trundled”
― Doug Johnstone, Gone Again

“A lifetime of worry lay ahead. The joy of parenthood.”
― Doug Johnstone, Gone Again

“It's about finding out who you are', he said eventually. He pointed out of the window. 'Without any distractions. Without anyone else getting in the way. Finding out what kind of person you want to be. It's about painting, the act of creating, not the end result of the painting itself. Life is about processes, not results.”
― Doug Johnstone, A Dark Matter

“their”
― Doug Johnstone, Hit and Run

“The mizzle hanging in the air was a veil across the world, suspended in time.”
― Doug Johnstone, The Space Between Us

“Candy-floss clouds flitted across the blue, crows like smudged thumbprints.”
― Doug Johnstone, The Space Between Us

“he wiped at his eyes with his sleeves.”
― Doug Johnstone, Gone Again

“That knocked him into shape. The telly was off in a moment”
― Doug Johnstone, Gone Again

“There was no escaping this, she was part of it, linked to everyone here, everyone on the planet, drowning in sorrow, sinking in sadness, looking for a reason to keep going.”
― Doug Johnstone, A Dark Matter

“And yet he was still plagued by doubt. What did Lauren and Caledonia Dreaming have to do with this guy Fisher, someone who could hire thugs to burgle and torture people? What was the password they wanted? What would the police do once they got to the flat? Was he right to leave Ruth to look after Nathan and deal with all that? They’d be safer in police custody than where he was going.”
― Doug Johnstone, Gone Again

“It's hard to stay alive, but sometimes it's the only choice we have.”
― Doug Johnstone, A Dark Matter

“There were an infinite number of pathways your life could take. How do any of us really know what to do with our lives? And how, after seventy years, do we know whether it was all a waste of time?”
― Doug Johnstone, A Dark Matter

“fridge”
― Doug Johnstone, Gone Again

“That’s what you got when you died and left people behind, you gave up your chance to have a say in their lives.”
― Doug Johnstone, Gone Again

“saw three”
― Doug Johnstone, Gone Again

“Sandy was plural. We all are. And the human idea of being singular, apart, alone, was a ridiculous and lonely way of looking at life.”
― Doug Johnstone, The Space Between Us

“two people are so close they read each other’s thoughts, but it’s still a load of crap. Sometimes you have to express clearly what you’ve done wrong and how you feel about it.”
― Doug Johnstone, The Big Chill