Platform Seven Quotes

“The dead don't bother haunting graveyards- they are the last place on earth they need to haunt. The living do that job for them with their messy combination of grief, desire, imagination. There is nothing in this cemetery. It's just an empty field.”
― Louise Doughty, Platform Seven

“The Water gets hot very gradually, and as far as the frog is concerned, there is no one point where it gets dramatically different or bad enough to jump out.”
― Louise Doughty, Platform Seven

“It's a deal we all make, I remember thinking. What kind of life will I live with this person? All relationships are a balancing act, after all, each individual perched on either side of a seesaw. Your husband snores. Your wife leaves wet towels on the floor. But he brings you tea every morning. She's a terrific cook. All unions, all associations, every partnership- they all have their benefits and their drawbacks, their subscription fees.”
― Louise Doughty, Platform Seven

“Sometimes the past seemed like enough, in comparison with the disappointments of the present.”
― Louise Doughty, Platform Seven

“He is proud that his job includes an element of protecting the British public from explosive devices, even though the British public probably thinks he’s the one most likely to be planting them.”
― Louise Doughty, Platform Seven

“And here's the thing- when we have someone to say that- we feel annoyed with them. We grumble back. We have no idea how much we would miss having someone who has a bit of a go at us if they weren't there- irritation is a form of love and love the seedbed in which it flourishes. If we didn't care, we wouldn't be irritated.”
― Louise Doughty, Platform Seven

“She talks about men in the same amiable, unsurprised way that people talk about the weather - men are a kind of constant. a background note. They are useful objects for meaningless chatter when there is nothing else more important to talk about.”
― Louise Doughty, Platform Seven

“There is the mundane, then there is the unthinkable – between the two, a chasm into which our imaginations tumble.”
― Louise Doughty, Platform Seven

“distraction”
― Louise Doughty, Platform Seven

“suicide kills many more than the individual involved – that’s why people only do it if their pain is so terrible it blinds them to the pain they are inflicting on the people they love.”
― Louise Doughty, Platform Seven