Anything That Isn't This Quotes

“Because soldiers aren't really brave, they follow orders. Soldiers do as they told. They're not heroes. There are no real heroes, son. It depends on whose telling the story.”
― Chris Priestley, Anything That Isn't This

“Because they wanted the thrill, said his grandfather. They wanted to feel terror. Fear makes you alive.”
― Chris Priestley, Anything That Isn't This

“He seemed to spend half his time straddled between sleeping and waking these days. He wasn't entirely sure which was which, or which truth would dissapoint him most: to think this dismal dream was the best his imagination could come up with, or that this soulless puppet show was the real world.”
― Chris Priestley, Anything That Isn't This

“The school reports say you don't concentrate. But you don't concentrate because you are thinking. They don't understand that. They think intelligence is all about soaking up knowledge. But true intelligence- the intelligence that really counts- is the ability to interpret facts to make them you own.”
― Chris Priestley, Anything That Isn't This

“Why is it childish to want something better? asked Frank sulkily. It's like pretending to be content is the same as actually being content. I'm not going to pre tent. - Frank”
― Chris Priestley, Anything That Isn't This