Hearts Anonymous Quotes

“Even if we don’t have a clock, we’re all on the clock – from clocking in and out at work to clocking in and out of this world.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Hearts Anonymous

“I don't see hair when I see your mohawk. I see attitude.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Hearts Anonymous

“Jack ‘n Jeanie up a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g.
First comes love, then comes carnage.
Here comes what’s left of Jeanie wrapped in a bandage…”
― Jonathan Dunne, Hearts Anonymous

“Watching copulating dung-beetles is exciting if you drink enough Red Bull, Jack.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Hearts Anonymous

“Hearts Anonymous is what I’m going to call this episode of my life because there’s always one other heart we don’t know about…”
― Jonathan Dunne, Hearts Anonymous

“Seeing his daughter slowly die, coupled with his infinite sadness and misery, the clockmaker becomes a recluse to the tower of the castle and begins to build something behind closed doors, not even his daughter knows what he’s up to. For five years, she only sees him briefly at meal-times before locking himself up in the tower once again..."

"...Did he have a bathroom in the tower?"

"Yes, Jack. A big one! En-suite! Power-shower and spa! Where was I!?”
― Jonathan Dunne, Hearts Anonymous

“What do you mean? In Old Castle? I still live with my parents in case you haven’t noticed, Jack. Those two strangers – that man and woman sitting on my sofa – are actually my parents. Oh, you mean your place? Yes, let’s evict your parents…let’s place them neatly in a cardboard box and leave it by the rubbish bins!”
― Jonathan Dunne, Hearts Anonymous

“I will eat my way out and swallow you whole, my love…”
― Jonathan Dunne, Hearts Anonymous

“Your body isn’t really yours, Jackie boy. Your body is mine and I’m claiming squatter’s rights.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Hearts Anonymous

“Time will always have the answer in the end, whether you like that answer is immaterial to Time because it tends not to keep friends.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Hearts Anonymous

“She is the clock-guardian. I was thinking about getting a German Shepherd, but they don’t blow fire.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Hearts Anonymous

“Ruthy's got the curves of the Scalextric he had once gotten for Christmas.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Hearts Anonymous

“I am your praying mantis – you better start praying, darlin’…”
― Jonathan Dunne, Hearts Anonymous

“Why did you call me Jack of Hearts?’
‘Because you like to gamble girls’ hearts and play them close to your chest.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Hearts Anonymous

“Why did you call me Jack of Hearts?’
'Because you like to gamble girls’ hearts and you play them close to your chest.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Hearts Anonymous

“I’m dead, Jack, dead. As dead as Isidora the crow, stiff and stuffed on an imaginary pedestal…”
― Jonathan Dunne, Hearts Anonymous

“Except that, very rarely, when the sun shines on her in the same way the sun’s rays light up the inside of New Grange on a winter solstice, Jack finds Ruthy mesmerising.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Hearts Anonymous

“Except that, very rarely, when the sun shines on her in the same way the sun’s rays light up the inside of Stonehenge once a year, Jack finds Ruthy mesmerising.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Hearts Anonymous

“I don’t want to get my Mohawk wet.
A Nohawk…”
― Jonathan Dunne, Hearts Anonymous