Quotes from book

On the Jellicoe Road

“he tells me in a tone full of ice, 'underestimate who or what I care for.”

“Is a person worth more because they have someone to grieve for them?”

“Teresa, Teresa. Have we taught you nothing?" Raffy says in an irritated voice. "It's war. You go in and you hunt him down until he realises that he's made a mistake.”

“Because being part of him isn't just anything. It's kind of everything.”

“And life goes on, which seems kind of strange and cruel when you're watching someone die. But there's a joy and an abundance of everything, like information and laughter and summer weather and so many stories.”

“Because people with that much spirit frighten the hell out of me. They make me want to be a better person when I know it's not possible.”

“When I turn around, he cups my face in his hands and he kisses me so deeply that I don't know who is breathing for who, but his mouth and tongue taste like warm honey. I don't know how long it lasts, but when I let go of him, I miss it already.”

“I don't say anything and he casually leans against my desk, picking up the novel that's sitting there.

"It's bullshit," he tells me, flicking through it. "There's no such thing as Atticus Finch."

I shrug. "It'd be nice if there was, though.”

“And at that moment Jude thought something that he would never forgive himself for.
He wished that he had never met any of them.”

“I shrug. "I'll probably mention that I'm in love with you."
He chuckles. "Only you would say that in such a I-think-I'll-wash-my-hair-tonight tone.”

“And life goes on, which seems kind of strange and cruel when you're watching someone die.”

“See, I remember love. That's what people don't understand.”

“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…”

“Whatever is now covered up will be uncovered and every secret will be made known.”

“Hold my hand because I might disappear.”

“I live on the Jellicoe Road. Where trees make canopies over-head and where you can sit at the top of them and see forever.”

“What were you doing with her?" I ask quietly.
"Apart from questioning her about your whereabouts, I was listening to the most intriguing story about my life moonlighting as a kidnapper.”

“But grief makes a monster out of us sometimes… and sometimes you say and do things to the people you love that you can't forgive yourself for.”

“From this distance everything is so bloody perfect.”