"The Cement Garden" Quotes
A group of siblings hide a dark secret after the death of their parents, leading to a suffocating atmosphere of decay and isolation in their home.
fiction | 24 pages | Published in 2010
Quotes
Maybe I was just responding to their need, maybe there was a kind of power in it for me.
Loneliness can do strange things to the mind.
We lied there in the deserted garden, hating each other and nurturing our wickedness.
We were still playing in the sandpit, but the sand was getting hard.
Children don't always have to follow in their parents' footsteps.
In the darkness I could see the ghosts of the time when the house was a complete family unit.
Silence held us in its grip and then something cracked and leaked out.
The secrets of the house were tightening their grip around us.
The strange thing was that I didn't feel any personal guilt about my father's death.
Our makeshift family was damaged beyond repair.
