Quotes from The Last Child

John Hart ·  373 pages

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“She turned the water scalding hot and scrubbed her face until it hurt, but the eyes still looked wrong. She tore off her clothes and stepped into the shower; but it was not enough.
The dirt was on the inside.”
― John Hart, quote from The Last Child


“Lightening falls, all you can do is- pray God that it doesn't fall on you.”
― John Hart, quote from The Last Child


“Disgust was an organ in Hunt's gut. The more he thought about it, the more it churned.”
― John Hart, quote from The Last Child


“For a year, Johnny lived the new, brutal truth that he was on his own.
But that's the way it was. What had been concrete one day proved sand the next; strength was illusion; faith meant shit. So what? So his once-bright world had devolved to cold, wet fog. That was life, the new order. Johnny had nothing to trust but himself, so that's the way he rolled - his path, his choices, and no looking back.”
― John Hart, quote from The Last Child


“he was a little dark, a little private, Hunt was okay”
― John Hart, quote from The Last Child



About the author

John Hart
Born place: Durham, North Carolina, The United States
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