239 Quotes by Chris Cleave

"Her life was one endless loop that she raced around, with steep banked curves so she could never change or slow down. It just delivered her back to herself, over and over and over."

"...disaster, when it is quite sure of its own strength, will announce itself by hardly moving its lips..."

"This life is a deafening roar but listen. You could hear a pin drop."

"If you cannot read the beautiful things that have happened in someone's life, why should you care about their sadness?"

"One phone call: I realized it was as simple as that. People wonder how they are ever going to change their lives, but really it is frighteningly easy."

"There are countries of the world, and regions of one's own mind, where it is unwise to travel."

"You're not asking for input. You are asking your admirer's to prove they are paying attention."

"There was less of him now. There was less of them all. Officers and men dragged themselves around in uniforms three sizes too big, new holes punched into every belt, every collar hanging loose. They were a garrison of skinny boys performing a play about soldiers."

"Alistair smiled. 'How long this war has been.''I'll say. One hardly remembers how we lived before. Lightly - not worrying much.''Do you suppose we shall ever live that way again?''Oh, who knows? Given sufficient champagne and ether.''Maybe if we stay drunk to the end of our days we shan't remember."

"I move we get more wine,' Alistair said. 'What does the panel think?'...It was obvious that the entire war could be solved in this way. The trick would be to reach for a corkscrew instead, every time some brass hat ordered artillery."