The Story of Tom Brennan Quotes

19 -“Sudden death, sudden death fellas.
” 26 –“that was the thing I couldn’t get my head around – there would be a tomorrow, and a day after that, and a day after that. The world went on regardless of how I felt. ”
71 –“All we could do was stand around… Watching Finn and a machine that heaved and clicked with each breath it took for him. ”

101- “I changed my clothes cause Finn’s blood was on my jeans and jumper, but I can still smell him on my skin, especially my hands though I was washed them a hundred times.
116 –“That’s all right, she whispered. How about you saying grace tonight? ”
120 –“And if you’d asked me then what I thought, I would’ve said nothing or no one could take that away from us. ”
124 –“like I said, that was a low point.
” 128 –“Being a team player, you should have known better. ”
132 –“Give him my love. She whispered. Tell him I’m always thinking of him. ”
134 –“Didn’t they realise we weren’t like everyone else here? ”
139 –“Tom, he swallowed. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry you had to leave the Billi. I’m so, so sorry. ”
148 –“You could be Finn.
152 –“Talking about a waste. ”
154 –“Fair? Kath yelled. Fair! ”
157 –“One small step for man. One giant leap for mankind. Cause today, for my family, that’s what it was like.
” 167 –“You know, today I’m going to the Hill Deli to buy one of their home-made lasagnes. I hear they’re delicious. ”
183 –“When I walked into the school gates… no one turned to look at us. No one pointed, no one whispered behind their hands. ”
185 –“I felt lighter. I no longer had the burden of carrying a secret. And the consequences – well there was none.
185 –“At least she liked watching the footy show. We’d have a good laugh over that. Sometimes she wasn’t too bad. ”
210 –“”I know it hurts Tom… but we can’t undo what’s done. Bennie’s is giving you a chance and, as pathetic as it may seem to you, it’s still a chance. ”
217 –“We’d reached the top of the ascent. I’d made it up without even realising.
” 260 –“Blue upon blue which was what our families had become – sad, angry, guilt ridden, confused, lost. Blue or for some of us black. ”
283 –“That was the morning Tom Brennan came back forever. ”