Chris Cleave
Chris Cleave
Chris Cleaveis a British writer and journalist...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
crush pride thinking
You may think that's funny Osama but you never can squeeze every last bit of pride out of a human being. It's like a tube of toothpaste. You can twist it and you can crush it but there's always a tiny bit left isn't there?
mean thinking dying
A scar is never ugly. That is what the scar makers want us to think. A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.
fun thinking psychology
Studying psychology is fun because you're always looking for the same things I think a writer should be looking for, which is the story behind the story.
beautiful thinking stronger
I think that there's something extremely beautiful about the Olympic ideal and its motto - 'Swifter, higher, stronger' - it's such a beautiful motto, and it celebrates everything which is the antithesis of death and dissolution and entropy.
athlete thinking two
I think that the relationship between two top-level athletes who are rivals is one of the most fascinating human relationships to explore. It's always one atom away from being a tragedy.
mean thinking people
We're often told that we live in a globalized world, and we talk about it all the time, but people don't stop to think about what it means.
husband ocean thinking
On our honeymoon we talked and talked. We stayed in a beachfront villa, and we drank rum and lemonade and talked so much that I never even noticed what color the sea was. Whenever I need to stop and remind myself how much I once loved Andrew, I only need to think about this. That the ocean covers seven tenths of the earth's surface, and yet my husband could make me not notice it.
thinking government oil
Wouldn't that be funny, if the oil rebels were playing U2 in their jungle camps, and the government soldiers were playing U2 in their trucks. I think everyone was killing everyone else and listening to the same music... That is a good trick about this world, Sarah. No one likes each other, but everyone likes U2.
school thinking guy
I think, in common with a lot of novelists, I wasn't the most athletic guy at school.
thinking serious would-be
If I could not smile, I think my situation would be even more serious.
ears whispering world
In my world death will come chasing. In your world it will start whispering in your ear to destroy yourself. I know this because it started whispering to me when I was in the detention center.
cry pity understood
Still shaking, in the pew, I understood that it isn't the dead we cry for. We cry for ourselves, and I didn't deserve my own pity.
girl looks stories
Even for a girl like me, then, there comes a day when she can stop surviving and start living. To survive, you have to look good or talk good. But to end your story well-- here is the truth-- you have to talk yourself out of it.
people wonder easy
People wonder how they are ever going to change their lives, but really it is frighteningly easy.