Frozen in Time Quotes

“Good plan," Freddy was saying. "Let's get some decent sleep. Tomorrow we can shake our gravy asses into town and do some sluething.”
― Ali Sparkes, Frozen in Time

“Corders don’t give up. – Rachel”
― Ali Sparkes, Frozen in Time

“Don’t let Rachel hear you say that,’ warned Freddy. ‘She’s already called me sexist three times today. I only asked her to press a shirt for me – honestly! You’d think I asked her to iron my entire wardrobe!’
‘You did ask her to iron your entire wardrobe, actually,’ pointed out Ben.
‘Ah yes – well – won’t be making that mistake again.”
― Ali Sparkes, Frozen in Time

“Let’s get some decent kip. Tomorrow we can shake our gravy asses into town and do some sleuthing.’ – Freddy
‘I knew the radio was a bad idea.’ – Ben”
― Ali Sparkes, Frozen in Time

“I saw that car – or one like it – a few times in my career. Whenever it drove through, misfortune and confusion weren’t far behind. It was a Clean Up car – that’s what we used to call it back then. Whatever happened here to your dad, it was cleaned up. That’s why we kept turning up nothing but dead ends on our investigation, I’ll warrant. Somebody at the top sent in the Clean Up car. – Percy”
― Ali Sparkes, Frozen in Time

“So – these tabloids? How are they worse?’ said Polly, looking serious. ‘Do – do they print beastly things?’
‘Only if you’re a footballer’s girlfriend or have boobs the size of China,’ giggled Rachel.”
― Ali Sparkes, Frozen in Time

“I mean – my mum and dad often talk about how great it would be to put us to sleep. In long car journeys mostly. They say they’d like a glass screen to slide up between the front seats and the back seat, and some kind of gas to pump in, so as soon as we went “Are we nearly—” they could freeze us. Five hours later when the car got to Cornwall they’d just hit the defrost button and we’d go “—there yet?”. – Ben”
― Ali Sparkes, Frozen in Time

“When did your dad put you under?’ he asked.
‘Wednesday,’ said Freddy. ‘Why?’
‘What date?’
‘The sixth. Of June. What are you driving at?’
Ben closed his eyes and it was Rachel who said, gently, her voice full of sadness for them. ‘What . . . year?’
Freddy gulped and Polly paled. ‘1956, of course.’ – In 2009”
― Ali Sparkes, Frozen in Time

“Hey, Poll! Get up, you lazy coot! ... I say, Poll – wake up fast will you! There’s a lunatic boy and a half dead girl here! – Freddy”
― Ali Sparkes, Frozen in Time

“The satellite falling to earth changed life forever for Ben and Rachel Corder. It was catastrophic.
One day their world was full of colour and light and sound – and the next, in just a few terrible seconds – it was grey and swarms of insects engulfed it.”
― Ali Sparkes, Frozen in Time