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101 " Never trust a person whose bookshelves are lined with pristine books, or worse, someone who places the books with their covers facing outwards. That person is not a reader. "
― C.J. Tudor , The Hiding Place
102 " But I do believe you can still feel the echos of bad things. They imprint on the fabric of our reality, like a footprint in concrete. Whatever made the impression is long gone, but you can never erase the mark it left. "
103 " Kids can change in seniors school. It's like someone flicks a switch, their hormones crank up to eleven and all bets are off. "
104 " A terrible thing happened within the walls, and buildings remember. "
105 " The problem is, if you let kids be kids, then before you know it they're smearing their faces in pigs blood, pushing each other off the edge of cliffs and smashing their mates' heads in with rocks. Our job as teachers, adults and parents is to stop, at every levels, kids being kids, or they'll tear the fucking world down around our ears. "
106 " People say time is a great healer. They’re wrong. Time is simply a great eraser. It rolls on and on regardless, eroding our memories, chipping away at those great big boulders of misery until there’s nothing left but sharp little fragments, still painful but small enough to bear. "
107 " That was when I realised what truly deep shit we were in. You didn't own someone like this. You could never own a place like this. If anything, it owned you. "
108 " My parents weren't bad parents. They loved us as much as they could. If they argued and didn't always have much time for us, it wasn't because they didn't care but simply because they worked hard, had little spare cash and were often tired. "
109 " That's the problem with life. It never gives you a heads-up. Never offers you even the slightest clue that this might be an important moment. You might want to take some time, drink it in. It never lets you know that something is worth holding on to until it's gone. "
110 " Desperate people will try anything. They're looking for a miracle. "
111 " There are no winners in life. Life is ultimately all an losing: your youth, your looks. But most of all, those you love. Sometimes I think it's not the passing of the years that really ages you but the passing of the people and things you care about. That kind of ageing can't be smoothed away by needles or plumped out with fillers. The pain shows in your eyes. Eyes that have seen too much will always give you away. "
112 " Dutch courage. Stupid phrase. False courage, no matter what the tongue. "
113 " Because there are things worse than death. Because what comes back isn't always what left. "
114 " The dead cannot hurt us. Bones are just bones. Shadows are nothing but shadows. Except shadows are never just shadows. They are the deepest part of the darkness. And the deepest part of the darkness is where the monsters hide. I need to do this quickly. "
115 " Grief is personal. It isn’t something you can share, like a box of chocolates. It is yours and yours alone. "
116 " I can’t help thinking of the Homer Simpson alternative: “Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try. "
117 " Grief is the worst kind of torture and it never ends. You have dibs on that dungeon for the rest of your life. "
118 " I like dogs. They're uncomplicated. Easy. Unlike people. Or cats. "
119 " Unfortunately, there are some things you can't just scrub away with a scouring pad and a bucket of bleach. Like blood, they're remain, festering beneath the surface. "
120 " Sometimes, it takes a while for you to realise something is wrong. "