The Twyford Code Quotes

“A lot of talk inside about feelings. How feelings are like visitors with something to give you. If they knock on your door: answer. Let em in. Accept the gift. Say cheers, mate. Otherwise, they said, the feeling will go away and you won't get the gift.

I disagree. If a feeling knocks and no one answers, it'll get p[EXPLICIT]d off. It'll kick the door in, chuck the gift at you and smash your best ornaments so you don't disrespect it again. You'll be clearing up a lot more mess than you had to start with. So it's good, Maxine, to cry if you want. Remember that.”
― Janice Hallett, The Twyford Code

“And if you've heard a word once, you can use it yourself as often as you like from then on.”
― Janice Hallett, The Twyford Code

“when your future’s been torn away, the past suddenly takes on more meaning.”
― Janice Hallett, The Twyford Code

“For instance, the phrase “must have” is frequently transcribed as “mustard.” “Going to” becomes “gun a” and the town of Bournemouth is referred to variously as “bore mouth,” “Bormuth,” “bore moth,” and “boar mouth.”
― Janice Hallett, The Twyford Code

“That look, that glint in her eye. The same glint my father remembers from 1983 and first mentions in audio file 8. A sense of adventure. A belief in possibility. A willingness to face danger. Courage, recklessness, mischief...a real-life Edith Twyford character. Like Lucy. Like my father.”
― Janice Hallett, The Twyford Code

“it's emotional truth that matters. Little Smithy couldn't read, but he knew a good story when he heard one.”
― Janice Hallett, The Twyford Code

“What is passing good news to an adult can be devastating to a child.”
― Janice Hallett, The Twyford Code

“What is passing news to an adult can be devastating to a child.”
― Janice Hallett, The Twyford Code

“I feel cold again. Like I did when Colin told me about Mum and Dad. Like when Andy shot John. Only this time I got an arm round me. Two arms, three. We're stood around the trapdoor, all five of us, our heads together. Paul sniffs. Shell sobs, Nate, Donna. All of 'em crying in the place we lost missiles. I can't help it. I cry too.”
― Janice Hallett, The Twyford Code

“To be who you want to be. Who you should a been. It's just, I know don't I (. . .) when you get what you want, you lose what you have.”
― Janice Hallett, The Twyford Code

“It’s heavy in me chest still, but different. Feels a bit lighter. Or maybe I got stronger so it’s easier to carry. One or the other. A lot of talk inside about feelings. How feelings are like visitors with something to give you. If they knock on your door: answer. Let ’em in. Accept the gift. Say cheers, mate. Otherwise, they said, the feeling will go away and you won’t get the gift.”
― Janice Hallett, The Twyford Code

“Voice 1:​It looks familiar. I’m SURE they shot Harry Potter here= Voice 2:​He should a planned his job better.”
― Janice Hallett, The Twyford Code