The Haunting of Maddy Clare Quotes

“You can't imagine how hard it is to come home from hell and be expected to pick up the threads of a life. Apply for jobs, go to a factory, punch in, punch out. Put your lunch in a bag and get on the omnibus every day. Like nothing happened. Nothing.”
― Simone St. James, The Haunting of Maddy Clare

“I was doomed to it. For there was no way to convince him that, with all his scars, the terrible truth was that he was still the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.”
― Simone St. James, The Haunting of Maddy Clare

“There are large moments in life; but sometimes it is the small moments - the casual moments - that change everything. The second's absent wandering of attention before an accident. The choice to take one road, instead of another.”
― Simone St. James, The Haunting of Maddy Clare

“I was struck again by the deep quiet of the countryside, the absence of any human sounds; my mind still expected the clamor of cars, voices, all the clatter of nonstop human movement. Here was only the hushed patter of the drizzle, the call of birds in faraway trees. The air was impossibly sweet, like wine. A crow called from somewhere, its voice dark and throaty.”
― Simone St. James, The Haunting of Maddy Clare

“It was the girls who locked themselves away, who had never felt the loving touch of a man, who, when they loved, loved the fiercest.”
― Simone St. James, The Haunting of Maddy Clare

“There are large moments in life; but sometimes it is the small moments—the casual moments—that change everything. The second’s absent wandering of attention before an accident. The choice to take one road, instead of another.”
― Simone St. James, The Haunting of Maddy Clare

“For a shy girl unused to men, it is easier to hurl the moon from the sky than it is to turn away from a man who truly wishes to pursue her.”
― Simone St. James, The Haunting of Maddy Clare

“Only a woman can truly understand the feeling of her very favorite item of clothing.”
― Simone St. James, The Haunting of Maddy Clare

“There are large moments in life; but sometimes it is the small moments—the casual moments—that change everything.”
― Simone St. James, The Haunting of Maddy Clare

“I don’t have an opinion about ghosts. It’s people I don’t believe in, I suppose.”
― Simone St. James, The Haunting of Maddy Clare

“I can see you, little girl. I can follow you. Refuse me and I will kiss your children. They will taste so sweet.”
― Simone St. James, The Haunting of Maddy Clare

“I nipped his neck, tasting his skin with my tongue, and he groaned.”
― Simone St. James, The Haunting of Maddy Clare

“if one wants to avoid ghosts, the graveyard is one of the safest places to go.”
― Simone St. James, The Haunting of Maddy Clare