All Chris Cleave Quotes
- 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
- I’m telling you, trouble is like the ocean. It covers two thirds of the world. Covers
- It was hard not to be full of hope Full
- Psychiatry in this place is like serving an in-flight meal in the middle of a plane crash. If I wanted to make you well, as… Cheese
- At some point you just have to turn around and face your life head on. Face
- I know that the hopes of this whole human world can fit inside one soul. Fit
- Andrew had a gift for deepening the incision he began. Andrew
- You travel here and you travel there, trying to get out from under the cloud, and nothing works, and then one day you realize you've… Been
- If your face is swollen from the severe beatings of life, smile and pretend to be a fat man. Beatings
- I am a woman built upon the wreckage of myself. Built
- That is how we lived, happily and without hope. I was very young then, and I did not miss having a future because I did… Entitled
- This is the forked tongue of grief again. It whispers in one ear: return to what you once loved best, and in the other ear… Best