Quotes from On the Edge

Richard Hammond ·  310 pages

Rating: (3.4K votes)


“All of us, each and every one, lives a life that is, in its own right, an epic.”
― Richard Hammond, quote from On the Edge


“He wrote to tell him not to be scared that he had injured his brain, because he had done the same thing and got better. It was a source of comfort beyond words.”
― Richard Hammond, quote from On the Edge


“And to Mindy, I can only ever say a simple thank you. And dedicate the rest of my life to her.”
― Richard Hammond, quote from On the Edge


“Once the switch of parenthood is thrown, it changes you for ever & you can never escape the extra pull of humanity it gives you." - Richard Hammond”
― Richard Hammond, quote from On the Edge


“The home was familiar. But I was a stranger. There was a huge distance between me and this life that I had led. Everything was the same, yes - everything except me. The sameness in the things around me just served to illuminate the strangeness in me.”
― Richard Hammond, quote from On the Edge



“If he was paralyzed, we'd have to put in ramps and have things altered for wheelchair access; you can get kitchens refitted; bathrooms altered ... I'd get him a really fast wheelchair. It'd be OK. If he couldn't talk, I'd get him a great computer. Anything can be dealt with, everything can be overcome. Just be alive. Just, please God, I beg you, please, please keep him alive for me.”
― Richard Hammond, quote from On the Edge


“Once the switch of parenthood is thrown, it chages you for ever & you can never exchange the extra pull of humanity it gives you.”
― Richard Hammond, quote from On the Edge


About the author

Richard Hammond
Born place: in Solihull, West Midlands, The United Kingdom
Born date December 19, 1969
See more on GoodReads

Popular quotes

“He’s just a boy, pretending to be a wolf, pretending to be king”
― Maurice Sendak, quote from Where the Wild Things Are


“You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it.”
― Yann Martel, quote from Life of Pi


“You have been the last dream of my soul.”
― Charles Dickens, quote from A Tale of Two Cities


“Afterward she lies nestled against me, her hair tickling my face. I stroke her lightly, memorizing her body. I want her to melt into me, like butter on toast. I want to absorb her and walk around for the rest of my days with her encased in my skin.”
― Sara Gruen, quote from Water for Elephants


“Can you see the sunset real good on the West side? You can see it on the East side too.”
― S.E. Hinton, quote from The Outsiders


Interesting books

By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
(20.2K)
By the Time You Read...
by Julie Anne Peters
Q & A
(27.4K)
Q & A
by Vikas Swarup
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
(5.3M)
Harry Potter and the...
by J.K. Rowling
The Clique
(29K)
The Clique
by Lisi Harrison
Naïve. Super
(12.5K)
Naïve. Super
by Erlend Loe
The Sot-Weed Factor
(6.2K)
The Sot-Weed Factor
by John Barth

About BookQuoters

BookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, memorable and interesting quotes from great books. As the world communicates more and more via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become more relevant and important. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a philosophy by which we live. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a book and to carry with us the author’s best ideas.

We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, and choose the ones that are most thought-provoking. Each quote represents a book that is interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life. We also accept submissions from our visitors and will select the quotes we feel are most appealing to the BookQuoters community.

Founded in 2023, BookQuoters has quickly become a large and vibrant community of people who share an affinity for books. Books are seen by some as a throwback to a previous world; conversely, gleaning the main ideas of a book via a quote or a quick summary is typical of the Information Age but is a habit disdained by some diehard readers. We feel that we have the best of both worlds at BookQuoters; we read books cover-to-cover but offer you some of the highlights. We hope you’ll join us.