The Teacher Quotes
"Everyone loved the idea of assembly until they were actually in it and were painfully reminded of the tedium."
"It's not as if this was a bolt out of the blue but it had been twenty years since he had seen this book, twenty years since he had given it as a gift to someone; a ghost."
"This building was centuries old, important to the history of the city of Exeter, one of a handful of gems that survived the Baedecker raids in 1942."
"Jeffrey had always been so careful that no one knew about his proclivities, aware that it would be a career ender for him."
"The classrooms got noisier and during the final break of the day the corridors buzzed with the noise of the children."
"The half-light of the summer night pulled in and Jeffrey opened out his laptop, sure that he was now alone in the building."
"Her thick black hair was pulled back into a silky bun and the brightness of the diamond studs in her ears flashed against her milk-chocolate skin."
"Every month since Tom had been born Adrian had used some of his wage to buy a toy for him, but not just any toy, collectable toys."
"She put a yellow sticker on the animal, yellow means ‘restore’, this animal needed to be returned to its former glory."
"She had forgotten just how vile the warrior’s face was. It had been years since she had seen him, always walking the long way around to avoid ever walking in his path."
"The truth was it had always been this way between them, every other weekend for the last seven years."
"He watched as his only hope of survival disappeared into the forest."
"He watched the fire sweep through the years of memories that the table held."
"I wouldn’t ask but I don’t know anyone else around here any more, and Sally really likes you … I like you … I mean, I trust you with Sally."
"You want come private room? I give sex to you."
"It’s looking like somewhere between six p.m. and basically this morning, but judging by how congealed the blood is it’s been a fair few hours."
"I need to ask you if you could look after Sally next weekend."
"If you want to upset Ryan Hart, you would kill his dog not his dad."
"If I’m going to be in your life, I need to be in all of it, not just the parts you decide I can handle."
"It’s one thing to refuse a lot of money; it’s another thing to give it back after you have held it in your hands."
"He had no choice but to suspend me. Told me to get my head together."
"Maybe it was because he had had a particularly bad day, but it was over as quickly as it had started."
"They don’t hurt, they just look bad. That’s all."
"You don’t have to tell me what happened, but if you ever want to, I’m here."
"Be normal, be normal, and repeat the mantra until it sinks in."
"I'll give you another prescription, if you think you need it."
"I'm trying to, he hasn't given me a reason not to."
"I do have to do this, the years you have had are more than you deserve, you can’t have thought you had got away with it."
"Ling Chi is the Chinese execution also known as death of a thousand cuts, or the lingering death."
"The feeling was disappearing from his body as the hemlock took effect."
"We need to find out if he has any connection to Churchill School."
"You don’t give a shit about my daughter, you just care about your precious university."
"I wasn’t playing the game properly. I think I was being taught a lesson."
"I thought he liked me, I don’t know what I was thinking, I was really drunk."
"Think about how you want to proceed with this."
"The scary thing is this was only made illegal around a hundred years ago."
"I’m the guy who will fuck you up if you don’t take me seriously."
"Either way he was grateful for a chance to wear this suit again."
"He missed the time he had spent with his brothers-in-arms but he did not miss the fear of discovery."
"He wondered if he would have been allowed this life if anyone had known."
"Painstakingly they returned each room to its former glory."
"It's true that once you have tasted the darkness it is hard to turn away and make a normal life for yourself."
"When hope fails all that follows is complete and utter despair. Without hope there is no despair."
"People are fascinated with the macabre. Don't ask me why."
"We all have something that will not be denied."
"Some people believe that they have a God-given right to subjugate others."
"I don’t know who to trust any more, this is so messed up."
"For all we know someone killed him because they saw him talking to us at the station."
"Thank God she wore flats, this was going to be a long night."
"All he wanted was a night’s sleep without the gruesome images making cameos in all of his dreams."
"The truth would come out now, it had enough momentum to get through the fog and reach daylight."
"He appreciated the fragility of life, knowing there was less than an inch of skin and flesh between the outside and his insides, one sharp cut could change all of that."
"The beatings had made him different to the other kids."
"You need to trust me; I’m going to find him."
"This is what I do, Andrea. I will find him, I promise."
"Like fingerprints on a sheet of paper that is being passed down a line. Some fingers are dirtier than others; some leave a more permanent stain."
"He had to disassociate his feelings or he wouldn’t be able to do this."
"I promised myself I would never … oh God … I don’t know how you got through what you did."