John of John Quotes

“what men know and what men admit to knowing to be very different things.”
― Douglas Stuart, John of John

“The idea that you were kinder to your kin was untrue, because his father said things to him and treated him in ways that he would never dream of with any other human. The worst boss in the world was always a father.”
― Douglas Stuart, John of John

“What’s the point of being alive if you don’t try to kill yourself now and again.”
― Douglas Stuart, John of John

“I find what men know and what men admit to knowing to be very different things.”
― Douglas Stuart, John of John

“It felt like there was a slow puncture in his chest but as he rubbed his breastbone, he couldn’t find the leak in order to put his hand over it.”
― Douglas Stuart, John of John

“I have to have something to show at the end of this life. If I’m for hell, then I deserve a love that was worth it.”
― Douglas Stuart, John of John

“Islands within islands," she muttered, "within islands, within islands.”
― Douglas Stuart, John of John

“She could handle Glaswegians, men who roiled and churned, it was the quiet, loch-deep rage of the islanders she found terrifying.”
― Douglas Stuart, John of John

“What’s it all for?”
― Douglas Stuart, John of John

“he wouldn’t lose an argument to a man who couldn’t spell ‘unnecessary’.”
― Douglas Stuart, John of John

“Maybe I’ve had more practice with lying to my father. We’re grown men, Innes, and if we want to be friends, if we want to have a couple of pints and look at sheep vans, then we should be able to do what we like. Besides, you invited him, and he said no. You asked for his help and he refused you.” “Yes.” He straightened up. “Yes, he refused me. Of course. You’re right.” “Then tell your face.” Innes rubbed his face and for a moment it almost worked.”
― Douglas Stuart, John of John

“Cal cleared the lunch things while John went upstairs and changed out of his visiting clothes. He put the bowls down for the dog and Tick did such a thorough job of licking them clean that Cal put them back in the cupboard without washing them.”
― Douglas Stuart, John of John

“What’s the point of being nice, if it makes you so dishonest?”
― Douglas Stuart, John of John

“It was impossible to look at the unforgiving beauty and not feel the hand of God, albeit a God that cared nothing for your comfort, a God who expected you to struggle if you were to endure.”
― Douglas Stuart, John of John

“Whether Cal was with Grace or Ella, he saw how their laughter ebbed when he came near, how they tidied their private joys away as though they had been toys spilled on the floor.”
― Douglas Stuart, John of John

“And heartbreak is a madness.”
― Douglas Stuart, John of John

“the world’s not so bad.”
― Douglas Stuart, John of John

“I could do without becoming known as the man who has a hugger for a son.”
― Douglas Stuart, John of John

“the rest of his life. That this shed would become his hermitage”
― Douglas Stuart, John of John

“The boy was certain of his own beauty – not overconfident or vain – but he knew he had the upper hand of showing his youth, his vigour, to the most appreciative audience of all: a man who was losing his.”
― Douglas Stuart, John of John

“She had entered the period of her life where she was determined to wear whatever clothes the family owned until they frayed and fell apart.”
― Douglas Stuart, John of John

“the red lining needed to be pinned in place or else it hung beneath her hemline”
― Douglas Stuart, John of John

“... death had widened the distance between them all as though everything that occurred had happened to other people in another time. There was no 'before', or 'back when', there was only the awful, endless now.”
― Douglas Stuart, John of John

“Sorry to spoil your dreams with dreams of my own.”
― Douglas Stuart, John of John

“You look like a cross-dresser that’s thrown on a coat because he’s run out of milk.”
― Douglas Stuart, John of John

“Tapes are the best way to listen to an album....That or vinyl forget CD things. That is more about you than the artist. Besidesa tape is a christain way. Delayed gratifiation. No skippingto good parts”
― Douglas Stuart, John of John