“Standing there. watching her go, I felt lonelier than I have ever been in my life.”

“I was frightened again, knowing thatmy having seen God that morning was only my stupid imagination. Everything was going to be as bad as it had ever been.”

“Come on Pop' I said as best I could 'don't go back now'I felt rotten, watching him go back like that.”

“I felt almost sick with wanting to tell her how I felt, but I couldn't think of words to suit my feelings.”

“Like that time I came home and Mum was sick, not letting me upstairs. Later on I heard Dad actually blaming her for being sick. That must have been the first time I felt queer.”

“What exactly he would say, I couldn't imagine, but I felt sure that as soon as I had actually got everything off my chest, I wouldn't have to worry any more.”

“If she had only known, things might have been different between us, but I could never talk to her about it"[Jimmy about Molly]”