When I was a child I used to read books by Gerald Durrell, who founded Jersey Zoo. He had a job collecting animals for zoos and for a long time that is what I wanted to do. Later when I… — Melvin Burgess Copy Share Image
It's mind control, see. You have to go to school, get those exams, get to university or college, get a job, get married, don't miss the boat, do it now or you'll shoot your life down the drain. Yeah. They… — Melvin Burgess Copy Share Image
“The thing that truly amazes me about myself is that I’m actually more scared of being embarrassed than anything else.” — Melvin Burgess Copy Share Image
“I felt that her tears would trickle out of the telephone and on to my hands.” — Melvin Burgess Copy Share Image
Sometimes maybe you need an experience. The experience can be a person or it can be a drug. The experience opens a door that… — Melvin Burgess Copy Share Image
“Sometimes maybe you need an experience. The experience can be a person or it can be a drug. The experience opens a door that was there all the time but you never saw it. Or maybe it blasts you into outer space...All that negative stuff. All the pain...It just floted away from me, I just floated away from it...up and… — melvin burgess Copy Share
“He longed for the oblivion at the end of it, but lacked the courage to face the fall” — Melvin Burgess Copy Share Image
“Sometimes when we were hiding behind the breakers with the crowd, he'd hold me so tight, I'd think he's not just holding me, he's holding onto me, like I'm stopping him from falling off. I'd see him looking at me and his eyes were so full of...I dunno. Like he was about to cry. And, it's stupid, I know, but… — Melvin Burgess Copy Share
Being a teenager is as difficult as living with one. And we've all been there. Perhaps that's the reason we're so hard on them. — Melvin Burgess Copy Share Image
Anarchy loves theatre. That's the whole point. People forget that. You have to laugh at the devil, not fight him. They'll always have more… — Melvin Burgess Copy Share Image
“You can do anything you want. You don't believe me. You think, she's out of her head. Yeah, I'm out of my head- on being me. What are you on? On being them. You don't even know. I bet you were never given a chance to know. …Listen. You can be anything you want to be. Be careful. It's a… — Melvin Burgess Copy Share
“Tar had a reason, plenty of reasons. The latest were painted on his face, too.” — Melvin Burgess Copy Share Image
“Deborah felt his erection against her stomach and smiled up at him. She grabbed hold of his bum and moved him gently from side… — Melvin Burgess Copy Share Image
“Sometimes maybe you need an experience. The experience can be a person or it can be a drug. The experience opes a door that… — Melvin Burgess Copy Share Image
