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41 " Grief is an amputation, but hope is incurable hemophilia: you bleed and bleed and bleed. Like "
― David Mitchell , Slade House
42 " Yes. We do. Life everlasting.’ Fred Pink takes off his glasses to rub them on his stained shirt. ‘It’s why religion got invented and it’s why religion stays invented. "
43 " All of you strangle your consciences, and ethically you strike yourselves dumb. "
44 " because. I’m Jonah, by the way. Your welcoming "
45 " Doves or pigeons coo in the damson trees. No one’s ever very sure if doves and pigeons are the same bird or not. "
46 " Valium rubs out speech marks and pops thought-bubbles. I’ve noticed it before. "
47 " Grief is an amputation, but hope is incurable hemophilia: you bleed and bleed and bleed. "
48 " fratricide in a single fit of pique, project the garden now. "
49 " It takes more than holding hands and singing ‘Ebony and Ivory’. "
50 " Wow,’ says Jonah, leaning his head on an elbow. Do you say ‘Thanks’ when someone says ‘Wow’? I don’t know so I play safe and ask ‘Do you ever think you might be a different species of human, knitted out of raw DNA in a laboratory like in The Island of Doctor Moreau, and then turned loose to see if you can pass yourself off as normal or not?’ Gentle "
51 " Do you say ‘Thanks’ when someone says ‘Wow’? I don’t know so I play safe and ask ‘Do you ever think you might be a different species of human, knitted out of raw DNA in a laboratory like in The Island of Doctor Moreau, and then turned loose to see if you can pass yourself off as normal or not?’ Gentle "
52 " Five years gone. Blink of a bloody eye. "
53 " I’m not in the Scouts anymore,” I remind her. Mr. Moody our scoutmaster told me to get lost, so I did, and it took the Snowdonia mountain rescue service two days to find my shelter. I’d been on the local news and everything. Everyone was angry, but I was only following orders. "
54 " I’m about to tell Jonah about the safari Dad’s going to take me on, but Mrs. Marconi says talking’s like ping-pong: you take turns. "
55 " I'm about to tell Jonah about the safari Dad's going to take me on, but Mrs Marconi says talking's like ping pong: you take turns "