"My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece" Quotes
A young boy copes with family tragedy and prejudice while trying to understand his sister's memory.
young adult | Published in 2011
Quotes
I think I’ve finally worked out why we have to sit through the whole of the mass before we get to the good bit. It’s because God is dead bored and has a very dry sense of humour.
It’s a small, small world. But you wouldn’t want to paint it.
It’s like seizing hold of the edge of the world. You can’t fall off, but you feel like you’re going to. It’s not a comfortable feeling.
I feel like a glass of water – cold. And when I see myself I’m so, so empty.
Sometimes it’s better to be a crow than a swan.
Sometimes in life, you just have to wait for the storm to pass. It’s like being in the crowd at a football match. You know that eventually the rain will stop, the sun will come out and you’ll be able to go home.
I’m not angry. I’m furious.
It’s like someone’s painted a rainbow in my mind and then wiped it away with one big sweep of their hand.
We’re all just a little bit dead inside.
Sometimes life is like a book. And sometimes it’s like a page in a book. And sometimes it’s like a single word in a single sentence, in a single paragraph. And I have to be the one to decide whether I’m going to turn the page or whether I’m going to write the word or whether I’m going to write the sentence.
