Here To Stay Quotes

“as if racial and national differences were a stupid concept invented by adults.”
― Mark Edwards, Here To Stay

“clairvoyants?”
― Mark Edwards, Here To Stay

“funeral. Chloe and I were the only attendees, on a filthy, wet day when the sky was so dark and low I thought it was about to fall in. I’d like”
― Mark Edwards, Here To Stay

“And without that understanding, how could I condemn her?”
― Mark Edwards, Here To Stay

“She had wanted to save Charlie because she loved him like she loved all animals.”
― Mark Edwards, Here To Stay

“I think so.’ I explained that it had been a present from one of my old college professors,”
― Mark Edwards, Here To Stay

“taking in the wisteria, the lavender bush which hummed with visiting bumblebees, the little pond, the crocuses and tulips. She paused by the vegetable patch – my first, semi-successful attempt to grow my own food – and”
― Mark Edwards, Here To Stay

“But as my mum had always said when those words escaped my lips: Life’s not fair. I had made the mistake of letting Jeff and Lizzy into my life. And now I was stuck.”
― Mark Edwards, Here To Stay

“had to believe that. Because if I didn’t, I would have to admit that I’d made a terrible, stupid mistake.”
― Mark Edwards, Here To Stay

“But what on earth was my mother-in-law doing with a tape measure in my living room in the middle of the night?”
― Mark Edwards, Here To Stay

“She spun around, clutching her chest. ‘Oh my Lord, you frightened the life out of me.’ ‘Is everything all right?’ I asked, entering”
― Mark Edwards, Here To Stay

“Poohsticks Bridge. ‘It’s so ordinary,’ I said, because it was: just a simple wooden bridge, with a fence each side, over a narrow stream.”
― Mark Edwards, Here To Stay

“You know I don’t have much experience of big families, but from what I’ve seen there are two types. The type where everything is out in the open, where they argue and shout and slam doors, and where disagreements are dealt with loudly and quickly. And the other type, where no one really says what they mean, where everyone tiptoes around and emotions are kept buried.”
― Mark Edwards, Here To Stay

“I know.”
― Mark Edwards, Here To Stay

“Gemma had only got together with me for one reason, and it had nothing to do with love.”
― Mark Edwards, Here To Stay

“call me Elliot. That’s my name. Elliot Foster.’ She grinned. ‘I’m Gemma.”
― Mark Edwards, Here To Stay

“When I had told Amira, my business partner, that I planned to let people look around as part of the local Open Gardens day, she’d pulled a face. ‘What, let strangers traipse all over your property?”
― Mark Edwards, Here To Stay

“They laughed, with that odd pride that people sometimes display when they’re telling you they are crap with technology. As if being unable to use a phone or computer is a positive trait.”
― Mark Edwards, Here To Stay