The Last Piece Quotes

“I have never shared my memories of that day. They are my private, cherished possessions. I have taken them out often over the years and polished them until they have shone like precious stones, admiring them one by one but also handling them with great care; for each is like a poisonous dart with the power to fell me if I drop my guard for even a second.”
― Imogen Clark, The Last Piece

“I’ve never felt whole, complete. It’s like some part of me has always been missing. I’ve floated through life not really getting close to anyone.”
― Imogen Clark, The Last Piece

“I have still had the pleasure of building it and we can see what it is even without that piece. It really doesn’t matter that it’s not there. In some ways I quite like it. Nothing’s ever quite perfect, is it? And now that I’ve finished, I can start a new one.”
― Imogen Clark, The Last Piece

“Fat rascals were always a talking point as few people knew of the tasty, scone-like treat outside Yorkshire.”
― Imogen Clark, The Last Piece

“After my months in the Home, I had formed a view that being a boy was most definitely preferable to being a girl. Wasn’t Ralph at home, after all, just continuing with his life as if nothing had changed? There was, or so it appeared to me, no justice for girls.”
― Imogen Clark, The Last Piece

“have still had the pleasure of building it and we can see what it is even without that piece. It really doesn’t matter that it’s not there. In some ways I quite like it. Nothing’s ever quite perfect,”
― Imogen Clark, The Last Piece

“Isn’t it her birthday today?’ he asked.”
― Imogen Clark, The Last Piece

“they both knew that there was no point asking Felicity to actually pick anything up herself unless you were prepared for a three-ring circus of excuses and complaints.”
― Imogen Clark, The Last Piece

“They had no idea how strong she could be”
― Imogen Clark, The Last Piece