Corpse Road Quotes

“Exactly,’ Matt agreed. ‘Daft really, isn’t it? I mean, you don’t sit at home and get up every five minutes to go and check if someone’s at your door, do you? So why do we feel the constant need to keep checking our phones?”
― David J. Gatward, Corpse Road

“Why?’ ‘People use them as a security device, to keep a track of the kids, anything really. I think some insurance firms even give lower premiums if you have one. Spy more, pay less, that kind of thing.’ ‘Yeah, well, I’m guessing Kirsty had no idea it was there,’ Matt said. ‘You’d have to be looking for it to find it, if you know what I mean.’ They were less than a mile away now from Daryl. But that mile just couldn’t zip by quick enough. ‘We’re nearly back at the house,’ Harry said. ‘What about you and Jen?’ ‘We were just about to head over to speak with Adam’s brother,’ Matt said. ‘Just to check up on what he saw up on the moors, the lights and whatnot. Just wanted to get this development to you first.’ ‘Right,’ Harry said. ‘Good job. Well, you crack on with that, see what Gary has to say. But get a message through to Jadyn to contact Swift and tell him what we’re up to.’ ‘Will do, Boss.’ Harry told Jim to hang up. ‘We’re nearly there,’ he said, dropping speed now as they passed into a residential zone.”
― David J. Gatward, Corpse Road

“It’s my job to be bothered!’ the DSup snapped back. ‘I get paid to be the one you and everyone else bothers. It is what I am for, bothering. Just so long as you only do it when something is important. And this, I believe, is important, agreed?’ ‘Well, now that I know that, sir, I’ll make sure that I bother you as much as I can.”
― David J. Gatward, Corpse Road

“but the night was still clinging on, the darkness now the grubby grey of rainwater racing down a roadside.”
― David J. Gatward, Corpse Road