Gentlemen and Players Quotes

“I like autumn. The drama of it; the golden lion roaring through the back door of the year, shaking its mane of leaves. A dangerous time; of violent rages and deceptive calm, of fireworks in the pockets and conkers in the fist.”
― Joanne Harris, Gentlemen and Players

“Most adults assume that the feelings of adolescence don't count, somehow, and that those searing passions of rage and hate and embarrassment and horror and hopeless, abject love are something your grow out of, something hormonal, a practice run for the Real Thing. It wasn't. At 13 *everything* counts; there are sharp edges on everything, and all of them cut.”
― Joanne Harris, Gentlemen and Players

“The road to adulthood is filled with contradictions, and I was still young enough to half believe the lies with which that road is paved.”
― Joanne Harris, Gentlemen and Players

“Why do boys always run? And when did I stop running?”
― Joanne Harris, Gentlemen and Players