Last to Die Quotes

“politically correct claptrap for ‘extremely messed up’. Most of the children in Jessie’s class were the product of appalling neglect, both mental and physical, and abuse, also both mental and physical. They were the children of alcoholics and drug-addicted parents, of parents who spent half their lives in jail, the rest of the time trying to spend their welfare on booze, weed and crystal meth. That was if they even had parents to speak of. Many of Jessie’s pupils were being reared by their grandparents; sad, tired, ill-equipped people whose hearts were in the right place, even if they did not have the wherewithal to help their grandchildren in ways other than to feed and house them. Jessie lifted a pop-up picture book from under a desk and slotted it into what they romantically called ‘the library’, though it was little more than two shelves of tattered books bought and”
― Arlene Hunt, Last to Die

“The past was nothing, a dream; it could not be touched or altered. It was, in his view, worthless.”
― Arlene Hunt, Last to Die

“These women with their talk of capricious personal gods, devils and spirits, yet here he was, the greatest devil any of them could imagine, flying easily under their radar.”
― Arlene Hunt, Last to Die

“Hero. People didn't even know the meaning of the word.”
― Arlene Hunt, Last to Die

“Landing on his feet was nothing new to Caleb. He did not believe in luck, he believed in the law of nature. Animals did not rely on luck. They lived and died by their instincts.”
― Arlene Hunt, Last to Die

“nearest the door was pulled back and a woman”
― Arlene Hunt, Last to Die