All Chris Cleave Quotes
- They say that in the hour before an earthquake the clouds hang leaden in the sky, the winds slows to a hot breath, and the… Bird
- Nobody has the time to sit down and explain the first world from first principles. Down
- Life is extremely short and you cannot dance to current affairs. Affair
- To be well in your mind you have first to be free. Firsts
- The future looks like gasoline. . . . crude oil . . . is the future before it has been refined. It is like a… Any
- your culture has become sophisticated, like a computer, or a drug that you take for a headache. You can use it, but you cannot explain… Cannot Explain
- In a few breaths' time I will speak some sad words to you. But you must hear them the same way we have agreed to… Agreed
- Horror in your country is something you take a dose of to remind yourself that you are not suffering from it. Country
- Wouldn't that be funny, if the oil rebels were playing U2 in their jungle camps, and the government soldiers were playing U2 in their trucks.… Camps
- We were exiles from reality that summer. We were refugees from ourselves. Exile
- On our honeymoon we talked and talked. We stayed in a beachfront villa, and we drank rum and lemonade and talked so much that I… Andrew
- Sad words are just another beauty. A sad story means, this storyteller is alive. The next thing you know something fine will happen to her,… Alive
- So when I say that I am a refugee, you must understand that there is no refuge. Inspirational
- And thus love makes fools of us all. All
- Is it my fault if I do not look like an English girl and I do not talk like a Nigerian? Well, who says an… Across
- Death, of course, is a refuge. It's where you go when a new name, or a mask and cape, can no longer hide you from… Asylum
- There was no quick grief for Andrew because he had been so slowly lost. First from my heart, then from my mind, and only finally… Andrew
- That is the trouble with happiness-all of it is built on top of something that men want. All
- I planned how I would kill myself in the time of Churchill (stand under bombs), Victoria (throw myself under a horse), and Henry the Eighth… Bee
- If I could not smile, I think my situation would be even more serious. More
- A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived. Doe
- You may think that's funny Osama but you never can squeeze every last bit of pride out of a human being. It's like a tube… Bit
- I was carrying two cargoes. Yes, one of them was horror, but the other one was hope. Cargoes
- We cannot choose where to start and stop. Our stories are the tellers of us. Cannot Choose
- Iām telling you, trouble is like the ocean. It covers two thirds of the world. Covers