Virginia Macgregor > Quotes

“It was as if when he left he'd taken some of the screws that held her together and now all she could do was walk around all wonky and falling apart”
― Virginia Macgregor, What Milo Saw

“It’s like you said, Christopher- knowing someone isn’t about time.”
― Virginia Macgregor, As Far as the Stars

“I remember the thought I had the first time I saw him in the airport: The kind of guy you walk right past. And how, ironically, that was what made me stop and notice him. Because I liked it: how he wasn’t trying to be the centre of attention, like most of the people do.”
― Virginia Macgregor, As Far as the Stars

“(...) and let my brother sort out his own mess for once. He was eighteen, for goodness sake. Four whole years older than me. An adult. Why did I have to go out and find him? But I knew it was my job.”
― Virginia Macgregor, As Far as the Stars

“Sometimes, it takes time to get to the people we’re really meant to be with.”
― Virginia Macgregor, As Far as the Stars

“I wonder whether his whole life has been about that: folding everything up into small, neat little parcels. Not getting in anyone’s way. It’s kind of impressive. But sad too.”
― Virginia Macgregor, As Far as the Stars