The Shock of the Light Quotes

“They were linked by a single thread but now the thread divides, two twins, two lives. As the space between the twins widens, they don't notice it at first. The light that stands between them.”
― Lori Inglis Hall, The Shock of the Light

“Look at what it means,” she says to her bunkmate”
― Lori Inglis Hall, The Shock of the Light

“And so the circle turns ... it is to be dragged into the light, after all.”
― Lori Inglis Hall, The Shock of the Light

“They’re gregarious people”
― Lori Inglis Hall, The Shock of the Light

“So”
― Lori Inglis Hall, The Shock of the Light

“Peggy Guggenheim”
― Lori Inglis Hall, The Shock of the Light

“he press the bell. Tiredness comes upon him like an ache”
― Lori Inglis Hall, The Shock of the Light

“Petersham Place is a road of mews houses”
― Lori Inglis Hall, The Shock of the Light

“But how exactly do you define a fairer country? What is the metric?” “A place where everyone can enjoy the privileges currently reserved for a minority because of the accident of their birth. A country that works to the benefit of the weak and poor”
― Lori Inglis Hall, The Shock of the Light

“Some of the men in the squadron,’ he says, after a while, ‘they’re a mess. It does things to your head, war. It’s not all heroics. It’s not like the newsreels.’ He hesitates. ‘It’s hellish, you know. Except that isn’t enough, that word, “hellish”. There aren’t words, I think, for this experience, and I’m worried . . .’
Tessa lets the pause hang. ‘Worried about what?’ she says, eventually.
‘That I’m going be a different person when this is all over. What it’s doing to me.”
― Lori Inglis Hall, The Shock of the Light