"The Road" Quotes
A father and son journey through a post-apocalyptic world, facing the horrors of survival and the enduring bond between them.
fiction | 241 pages | Published in 2006
Quotes
The fire was almost out. He knew that he should start it up again but he had no strength to do it.
Nobody wants to be here and nobody wants to leave.
There is no God and we are his prophets.
People were always getting ready for tomorrow. I didn't believe in that. Tomorrow wasn't getting ready for them.
Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said.
When your dreams are of some world that never was or of some world that never will be and you are happy again then you will have given up.
Are we still the good guys? He said.
You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.
He thought each memory recalled must do some violence to its origins. As in a party game. Say the word and pass it on. So be sparing. What you alter in the remembering has yet a reality, known or not.
The road seemed empty. But he knew they were there, the others. He'd seen their fires at night.
