The Island Quotes

“Like a Tardis, the lodge seemed much bigger inside than it appeared on the outside.”
― Mary Grand, The Island

“But she allowed the thought to snuggle in the back of her mind, like a hedgehog hibernating for the winter.”
― Mary Grand, The Island

“It’s complicated, Mum. I’m sorry, but I knew if I’d talked to you about it, I’d never have had the nerve to leave. But for lots of reasons it wasn’t”
― Mary Grand, The Island

“It had been one of those nights when sleep had been more exhausting than being awake.”
― Mary Grand, The Island

“Sunday 20 August 1995, 10.30 p.m., I was struck by lightning, but I survived, and now I am standing tall.”
― Mary Grand, The Island

“She sat back down, and they all waited in silence in that timeless world you enter when you go into a hospital.”
― Mary Grand, The Island