The Haar Quotes

“There is a God, thought Aaron, and then the creature yanked hard on his skin and turned him inside out like a revolting fleshy pillowcase.”
― David Sodergren, The Haar

“But before I go, I want you to promise me something.” She didn’t wait for him to agree. “If you love someone, tell them. Tell them every day. Never let them forget. And if they go away for a while, never forget them. They can come back, Jack. They can come back.”
― David Sodergren, The Haar

“At the time, it hadn’t seemed particularly significant. But that was always the way with life-changing moments, wasn’t it?”
― David Sodergren, The Haar

“And it's nice to have a friend again. You're a good person, Muriel. I won't let any harm come to you. I know you regretted never saying goodbye to him... to me... but this time it won't be necessary. I will be by your side until the end.”
― David Sodergren, The Haar

“I have seen civilisations rise and crumble.
Your lifetime is but a drop in the ocean to me.”
― David Sodergren, The Haar

“If you love someone, tell them. Tell them every day. Never let them forget.”
― David Sodergren, The Haar

“I present to you, dear reader, the life of Constance Sclater Jamieson. I’m just sorry it had to appear alongside a story in which a boy’s penis is dissolved by a sea monster.”
― David Sodergren, The Haar

“Now even Auchenmullan was gone”
― David Sodergren, The Haar

“If time had any common decency, it would stop altogether and leave them frozen in this one perfect moment for all eternity.”
― David Sodergren, The Haar

“In fact, the only thing Muriel couldn’t abide — that really, truly nauseated her — were stuck-up wee arseholes in suits telling her what to do.”
― David Sodergren, The Haar

“Muriel Margaret McAuley was eighty-four years old the first time she saw a man turned inside-out by a sea monster.”
― David Sodergren, The Haar

“...PATRICK GRANT IN HOSTAGE SITUATION...SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE DEAD OR INJURED...WHEEL OF FORTUNE WILL RESUME SHORTLY...”
― David Sodergren, The Haar

“For my gran You would not have liked this book at all.”
― David Sodergren, The Haar

“If you love someone, tell them. Tell them every day. Never let them forget. And if they go away for a while, never forget them. They can come back, Jack. They can come back.”
― David Sodergren, The Haar

“...pain so frequent, so constant , that she had almost gotten used to it.”
― David Sodergren, The Haar

“Life was a constant battle to preempt pain these days, and today the pain was winning.”
― David Sodergren, The Haar

“gripping her stick, wanting nothing more than to swing it into his exposed testicles like a golf club.”
― David Sodergren, The Haar

“She stopped and turned, looking at her footprints in the sand. They stretched back along the beach, weaving around rocks and crispy black seaweed. There used to be two sets.”
― David Sodergren, The Haar

“She only wanted to sleep. And though she would never admit it, part of her, deep down, didn’t mind if she never woke up.”
― David Sodergren, The Haar

“Life has a way of catching up to you, doesn’t it?”
― David Sodergren, The Haar

“Death is hard to understand," said Avalon.
Especially for humans. You lead such short lives. What, if I may ask, is the current life expectancy?”
― David Sodergren, The Haar

“Her heart thudded out of control. She wanted to leap from the vehicle and confront them, but her hip would never forgive her.”
― David Sodergren, The Haar