Checkers Quotes

“When I sleep, which isn't very often—even with the tablets—I get right down under the sheets, pulling them over my head. The air gets a bit stale but I feel safer, more secure, doing that. It's my white cocoon where I can be a caterpillar, a grub, never to turn into a butterfly or even a moth. It's the safest place I know. It's the only time and the only place where I can feel some peace.”
― John Marsden, Checkers

“Everyone keeps telling me that I shouldn't feel guilty—but it doesn't seem to help much. What you feel is what you feel.”
― John Marsden, Checkers

“You can tell the staff footsteps from the patients'. The staff sound like they're going somewhere.”
― John Marsden, Checkers

“Laughter's meant to be loving, wrapping itself around you like a hug, but when it's aimed at me, it seems cruel.”
― John Marsden, Checkers