Where the World Ends Quotes

“Being irretrievably damned had its advantages:”
― Geraldine McCaughrean, Where the World Ends

“Not much to show for a life - a bundle of clothes - but some men own less. And most of what matters, you canna keep in a sack.”
― Geraldine McCaughrean, Where the World Ends

“You are the breath I draw, you are the wingbeat of my heart that lifts it high. Your hand keeps me from falling. For you was I born and for you will I live, till Death takes me or the world ends.”
― Geraldine McCaughrean, Where the World Ends

“We have a saying here: After the world ends, only music and love will survive.”
― Geraldine McCaughrean, Where the World Ends

“We all need to be someone, darling, or who are we? Everyone is special for something. Every boy is some manner of a king.”
― Geraldine McCaughrean, Where the World Ends

“The boy who lives all by himself in the world is king of all he surveys.”
― Geraldine McCaughrean, Where the World Ends

“Kenneth picked up secrets wherever he went - little sharp things that might be useful when he wanted to cut deep and give pain.”
― Geraldine McCaughrean, Where the World Ends

“When life is harsh, everyday-ordinary is to be cherished.”
― Geraldine McCaughrean, Where the World Ends

“Ships go down at sea and all aboard them drown: it happens all the time. And on every one of those ships the sailors and passengers hope, up to the very last moment, for some twist of fate to save them”
― Geraldine McCaughrean, Where the World Ends

“Quill was full of glories ineffable. Feelings scrabbled about in him like a mouse inside an owl.”
― Geraldine McCaughrean, Where the World Ends