The Illuminations Quotes

“The summer remembers nothing of the winter and nature is a kind of amnesia.”
― Andrew O'Hagan, The Illuminations: A Novel

“You’re just America-on-ice.”
― Andrew O'Hagan, The Illuminations

“The colour red doesn’t actually exist,’ she said. ‘It only exists as an idea in your head. Always remember that. You create it yourself when your imagination meets the light.”
― Andrew O'Hagan, The Illuminations: A Novel

“He knew nothing about policy and taxes or what makes a people, and now, God help him, he was like those kids who think their country is Google. ‘You’re just not going deep enough,’ Luke said. ‘Money has imploded. Religion has gone mad. Privacy is disappearing. The ice-cap is melting and children are starving to death. And you want to sing an old song about national togetherness.”
― Andrew O'Hagan, The Illuminations

“You’re doing great,’ she said. ‘You’re in Birmingham .’ Scullion wanted to say this was a contradiction in terms but he couldn’t speak.”
― Andrew O'Hagan, The Illuminations