The Man on Hackpen Hill Quotes

“As Jonathan says, delusions are often no more than expressions of our deepest wishes - and of our most profound fears”
― J.S. Monroe, The Man on Hackpen Hill

“He's still a blur but Jim knows it's him because of the sickly sweet aftershave. Dr Haslam never goes anywhere without it. Maybe it's to mask the smell of other people's fear”
― J.S. Monroe, The Man on Hackpen Hill

“He's back as a 'volunteer' - as punishment for leaking classified information to Bella. MI5 must have a dark sense of humour, silencing him with the very experiments that he was trying to expose”
― J.S. Monroe, The Man on Hackpen Hill

“For Silas, mortuaries will forever be synonymous with professional failure”
― J.S. Monroe, The Man on Hackpen Hill

“Jim seems so rational, systematic - it must be the scientist in him - but there's an artist's passion about him too. He's also calm, reassuring company, until something slips and he's on edge like a wild animal: furtive, alert”
― J.S. Monroe, The Man on Hackpen Hill

“He walks back over to the body. She too looks as if she's fallen from space and is now hugging the earth's surface for comfort, her cheek pressed against the ground, hands clutching at the flattened wheat”
― J.S. Monroe, The Man on Hackpen Hill

“Crop circles are a pain in the arse, as far as he's concerned. Dreamt up in the pub over a pint or three by people with nothing better to do and then hailed as extraterrestrial messages by the croppie community - the believers”
― J.S. Monroe, The Man on Hackpen Hill