Jon McGregor Quotes

“The whole city stopped - And this is a pause worth savouring, because the world will soon be complicated again.”

Jon McGregor book If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things

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“All the emails I get these days start with sorry but I've been so busy, and I don't understand how we can be so busy and then have nothing to say to each other.”

Jon McGregor book If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things

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“I wonder how many ways there are for a mother to produce that wreckage in her own daughter, and my muscles tense as I think of them.”

Jon McGregor book If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things

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“there are only these: sparkling eyes, smudged lipstick, fading starlight, the crunching of feet on gravel, laughter, and a slow walk home.”

Jon McGregor book If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things

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