“Do you think I don't want him to be gone more than you do? I do. Because I need to know that I can still breathe properly when he's not around. If something happens to him, I have to know that I won't fall apart...”
― On the Jellicoe Road
― On the Jellicoe Road
“What's with what you're wearing?" Griggs asks while we stand outside waiting for the others.
"It's pretty hideous, isn't it?" I say.
"Don't force me to look at it," he says. "It's see-through."
That kills conversation for a couple of seconds.”
― On the Jellicoe Road
"It's pretty hideous, isn't it?" I say.
"Don't force me to look at it," he says. "It's see-through."
That kills conversation for a couple of seconds.”
― On the Jellicoe Road
“The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly, viciously.”
― Flaubert's Parrot
― Flaubert's Parrot
“Hold my hand because I might disappear.”
― On the Jellicoe Road
― On the Jellicoe Road
“It's funny how you can forget everything except people loving you. Maybe that's why humans find it so hard getting over love affairs. It's not the pain they're getting over, it's the love.”
― On the Jellicoe Road
― On the Jellicoe Road
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