Lloyd Jones Quotes

Under these circumstances, silence among such a large group of people is an uncomfortable thing to experience. Guilt spreads around even to those who have nothing to feel guilty about. Many held their breath. Or, as I heard later, many did what me and my mum did and closed their eyes. We closed our eyes in a bid to remove ourselves.

Dreams are nervy things—all it takes is for one stern word to be spoken in their direction and they shrivel up and die.

Stories have a job to do. They can't just lie around like lazybone dogs. They have to teach you something.

I could have run after him. I could have asked politely for some clarification. But I didn’t I knew what I preferred, and that was—I didn’t want to know. Rather, I wanted to believe.