--- title: "1 World Gone Quotes By Kirsty Eagar" description: "1 World Gone quotes by Kirsty Eagar. Plus more from Kirsty Eagar and more World Gone sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c01/kirsty-eagar-9800_long-time_they-stared-at-each-other-for-a-long-tim_1438020.jpg" --- > [“They stared at each other for a long time. The rest of the world had gone somewhere else and everything that needed to be said was being said without talking. And Jamie knew how much he'd lost.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-eagar/they-stared-at-each-other-for-a-long-time-the-rest-of-the-world-had/) [Kirsty Eagar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-eagar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c01/kirsty-eagar-9800_long-time_they-stared-at-each-other-for-a-long-tim_1438020.jpg) ## More by Kirsty Eagar > [“See, I know what they think about me. That I’m some project. And, yeah, I’ll accept their help. But I’m gonna pay my way.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-eagar/see-i-know-what-they-think-about-me-that-i-m-some-project-and-yeah-i/) [Kirsty Eagar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-eagar/) > [“Oh, stop it, I tell myself. Stop looking for links and meaning and explanations. What did De Chirico say? The world is a museum…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-eagar/oh-stop-it-i-tell-myself-stop-looking-for-links-and-meaning-and/) [Kirsty Eagar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-eagar/) > [“Shame isn't a quiet grey cloud, shame is a drowning man who claws his way on top of you, scratching and tearing your skin,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-eagar/shame-isn-t-a-quiet-grey-cloud-shame-is-a-drowning-man-who-claws-his/) [Kirsty Eagar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-eagar/) > [“He exhales, then leans forward, reaching under the table to hold my knee. 'I didn't mean that. I want to be here. You know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-eagar/he-exhales-then-leans-forward-reaching-under-the-table-to-hold-my/) [Kirsty Eagar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-eagar/) > [“I draw the light with my fingers, and it seems to spark in response. And it’s then that the magic of this place, this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-eagar/i-draw-the-light-with-my-fingers-and-it-seems-to-spark-in-response/) [Kirsty Eagar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-eagar/) > [“SVU, CSI, CSI: NY. These shows, they're all about things being done to females and children. If they were full of thing being done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-eagar/svu-csi-csi-ny-these-shows-they-re-all-about-things-being-done-to/) [Kirsty Eagar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-eagar/) > [“It’s funny to me that power comes from sitting behind a desk. It should come from spending yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-eagar/it-s-funny-to-me-that-power-comes-from-sitting-behind-a-desk-it/) [Kirsty Eagar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-eagar/) > [“Ridiculous really, when you think that I come from a broken home and I probably have low self-esteem. But the way I see it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-eagar/ridiculous-really-when-you-think-that-i-come-from-a-broken-home-and-i/) [Kirsty Eagar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-eagar/) > [“It's hard to explain, but it's related to me know that for every moment of beauty this place gives me, I probably miss a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-eagar/it-s-hard-to-explain-but-it-s-related-to-me-know-that-for-every/) [Kirsty Eagar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-eagar/) > [“In normal families, unbroken families, the mother and the father are like two hands cupped together, and held by those hands are the children.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-eagar/in-normal-families-unbroken-families-the-mother-and-the-father-are/) [Kirsty Eagar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-eagar/) > [“I stare at his forearms. I can make out a naked woman with a snake going up her vagina. She’s holding a knife, slitting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-eagar/i-stare-at-his-forearms-i-can-make-out-a-naked-woman-with-a-snake/) [Kirsty Eagar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-eagar/) > [“There was thin, reverberating silence; the sort of delicately plucked note that isn’t heard, but felt in the heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-eagar/there-was-thin-reverberating-silence-the-sort-of-delicately-plucked/) [Kirsty Eagar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-eagar/) > [“I couldn’t bear to be talked about. Some girls are shiny-sharp enough to not be damaged, but I didn’t think I would be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-eagar/i-couldn-t-bear-to-be-talked-about-some-girls-are-shiny-sharp-enough/) [Kirsty Eagar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-eagar/) > [“Mum turns back to face the screen, and I realise I’m still nodding. Anxiety Girl in action. She has the power to nod until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-eagar/mum-turns-back-to-face-the-screen-and-i-realise-i-m-still-nodding/) [Kirsty Eagar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-eagar/) > [“And what really struck me was that the woman still meant so much to Grandad after all of those years. She burned in his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-eagar/and-what-really-struck-me-was-that-the-woman-still-meant-so-much-to/) [Kirsty Eagar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-eagar/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world-gone/kirsty-eagar/#itemlist", "name": "1 World Gone Quotes By Kirsty Eagar", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“They stared at each other for a long time. The rest of the world had gone somewhere else and everything that needed to be said was being said without talking. 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