Jellicoe Road Quotes

Hannah's house has been unfinished ever since I can remember. Deep down I think that's always been a comfort to me, because people don't leave unfinished houses. (2.1)

"You're not my mother." I say that to her every time I want to hurt her and every time I expect her to retaliate."No, I'm not." She sighs. "But for the time being, Taylor, I'm all you have." (2.22-23)

We heard her almost straightaway. In the other car, wedged into ours so deep that you couldn't tell where one began and the other ended. She told us her name was Tate and then she squeezed through...

There is nothing about this role that I desperately want. Yet being under the control of any of the protégés in this room for even the slightest moment is a nauseating prospect and I know that if...

I lie in bed and words silently tumble out of my mouth. Some people say their prayers at night. I don't. What I say is always the same. My name is Taylor Markham. I live on the Jellicoe Road. (6.54)

In year seven, when I moved into the dorms, I was surprised at how much I missed her. Not living in the unfinished house seemed like a step farther away from understanding anything about my past. W...

The territory wars have been a part of the Jellicoe School's life ever since I can remember. I don't know who started them […] All I know is that they began sixteen years ago because that's what...

Someone asked us later, "Didn't you wonder why no one came across you sooner?"Did I wonder?When you see your parents zipped up in black body bags on the Jellicoe Road like they're some kind of garb...

But just for one moment I think of those first nights in dorm five years ago, when Raffaela and I lay side by side and she listened to a tale that I have no memory of today about my life in the cit...

He shivered uncontrollably, but Narnie held him close. "Narnie," he sobbed. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry.""Shhh, Fitz.""Forgive me, please. Please. Please. Please. Please." The words were pouring out of h...