NEVER LET ME GO NOVEL QUOTES

“We took away your art because we thought it would reveal your souls. Or to put it more finely, we did it to prove you had souls at all.” – Miss Lucy

“The problem, as I see it, is that you’ve been told and not told. You’ve been told, but none of you really understand, and I dare say, some people are quite happy to leave it that way.” – Miss Lucy

“We didn’t have to look into your souls. We had to see if you had souls at all.” – Miss Lucy

“Sometimes I get so immersed in my own company, if I unexpectedly run into someone I know, it’s a bit of a shock and takes me a while to adjust.” – Kathy H.

“They had a specific reason for everything they did. Everything, I mean. From the big things down to the tiniest details.” – Kathy H.

“And every day, at the end of every day, we watched our lives unfolding on the TV screen.” – Kathy H.

“We all complete. Maybe none of us really understand what we’ve lived through, or feel we’ve had enough time.” – Kathy H.

“We’d been told our lives were too short so many times, we accepted it without blinking.” – Kathy H.

“The problem, as I see it, is that you’ve been told and not told.” – Miss Lucy

“I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it’s just too much. The current’s too strong. They’ve got to let go, drift apart. That’s how it is with us. It’s a shame, Kath, because we’ve loved each other all our lives. But in the end, we can’t stay together forever.” – Ruth

“What Iím not sure about, is if our lives have been so different from the lives of the people we save. We all complete. Maybe none of us really understand what we’ve lived through, or feel we’ve had enough time.” – Kathy H.

“I can recover my past if I can only figure out what it is.” – Kathy H.

“I half closed my eyes and imagined this was the spot where everything I’d ever lost since my childhood had washed up. I was looking for my past, among all these lost things.” – Kathy H.

“The problem, as I see it, is that you’ve been told and not told. You’ve been told, but none of you really understand.” – Miss Lucy

“We didn’t have to look into your souls. We had to see if you had souls at all.” – Miss Lucy HEART SURGERY QUOTES

“But maybe Ruth was right. Maybe it was something to do with the art. Anyway, I keep thinking about it that way. About how there are these Milton students without lives planed for them, looking for some way they can creat their own futures too.” – Kathy H.

“It’s as if I’ve been going round with this waste and emptiness inside me for all these years, and now it’s started leaking out in unexpected places.” – Kathy H.

“They knew exactly what they were doing, and at some level, they hated us for the very same reason.” – Kathy H.

“We took away your art because we thought it would reveal your souls. Or to put it more finely, we did it to prove you had souls at all.” – Miss Lucy

“We have to use every moment to make the most of it.” – Tommy D.

“Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I donít go along with that. The memories I value most, I don’t ever see them fading.” – Kathy H.

“What I’m trying to say is that if you now know what you’ve resented, and that you’re ready to shape it, surely you’re someone to earn my respect. Surely the fact that you’ve had to fight off memories of Tommy and me this long means we were worth fighting for.” – Ruth

“Iím not boasting. But Iíve always been proud of myself for being able to see things from other peopleís point of view. Iíve always thought it was my one talent.” – Miss Emily

“It had never occurred to me that our lives, which had been so closely interwoven, could unravel with such speed.” – Kathy H.

“I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it’s just too much. The current’s too strong. They’ve got to let go, drift apart. That’s how it is with us. It’s a shame, Kath, because we’ve loved each other all our lives. But in the end, we can’t stay together forever.” – Ruth

“You see, because for the longest time now, I’ve had a private theory. That we’ve been kept apart for a reason.” – Tommy D.

“It had never occurred to me that our lives, which had been so closely interwoven, could unravel with such speed.” – Kathy H.

“What Iím not sure about, is if our lives have been so different from the lives of the people we save. We all complete. Maybe none of us really understand what we’ve lived through, or feel we’ve had enough time.” – Kathy H.