GMT Quotes

Tom telling Will about Will's Birthday

"Nine on Thursdee," he remarked. "Your birthday's in five days' time." Willie didn't understand what was so particularly special about that.

After Tom rescued Will and brought him home

'There was nothing he could do except stay with Will and go with what was happening. He hugged him when he woke and encouraged him to talk about his nightmares as much as possible.'

When Tom and Will enters paint shop

'After he has entered the paint shop, he had felt as if a heavy wave of sadness has suddenly been lifted from out of him. Memories of her didn't seem as painful as he had imagined.'

When Will was under the stairs and went from Willie to Will

He felt as though he was a different person lying there in the dark. He was no longer Willie. It was as if he had said goodbye to an old part of himself. Neither was he two seperate people. He was Will inside and out.

Check Will's sores with Dr Little

"The sore will heal. They healed before. It's the wounds inside that will take the longest to heal."

Geoffrey to Will after Zach's death

"Better to accept than pretend that he never existed."

Will after Zach's death

Will survived each day in a zombielike daze.

Tom when he realized Will thought he was about to be beat.

Tom was angry. "While you're in my house," he said in a choked voice, "You'll live by my rules. I ent ever hit a child..."

After Tom gave Will breakfast and left

″'I must be good,' he whispered urgently. 'I must be good,' and he rubbed a sore spot on his arm. He was such a bad boy.

After Will said "I must be good"

Mum said she was kinder to him than most mothers. She only gave him soft beatings.

Tom first sees Will

The boy was thin and sickly looking, pale with limp sandy hair and dull grey eyes.

Will working on Zach's Bike after Zach's death

It was a strange feeling working on the bicycle, like touching a part of Zach.

When Will tried to ride Zach's bike, what Tom said to Will repeating in Will's head

"Takes yer time, everythin' 'as its own time."

when talking about who Will should live with, Will to the Warden about where he is going

"This is my home and I'm stayin' here."

Will after accepting Zach's death

It was his friendship with Zach that had brought those qualities to the surface.

Will accepting Zach's death and living without him

I can live without Zach even though I still miss him.

When Will was being beat

He could still hear her screaming and he knew that she was hitting him, but he felt numb and separated from himself.

Will was told that her mother committed suicide

How could anyone not want to live, thought Will, when there were so many things to live for?

Will about Zach

No one can take memories away, and I can talk to him whenever I want.

Will when Warden talking to him about his mum

"She wants me back?"

“No”

He smiled with relief

Tom to Sammy when they first met and Will was sleeping

"I don't know nothin' about children, but I do know enough not to beat 'em and make 'em that scared."

Tom when Will was in London

He felt the old familiar emptiness that he

had experienced after the sudden loss of Rachel.