8 Quotes & Sayings By Iain Thomas

Iain Thomas is a novelist and screenwriter. He was born in the West of Scotland, and spent his early years in "the land of golf" before moving to England, where he did a BSc in Zoology at Imperial College London. His first novel, The Boat House, was published in 2008. It won the Scotsman First Book Award 2009 and was shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2010 Read more

His second novel, Sunday at Sea, was shortlisted for the Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year Award 2011. The film rights to both novels have been optioned by actors Ewan McGregor and Billy Boyd. Iain also runs the Iain Thomas Writing Fellowship at Stirling University’s Creative Industries Centre.

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That’s what it feels like when you touch me. Like millions of tiny universes being born and then dying in the space between your finger and my skin. Sometimes I forget. Iain Thomas
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But life isn't something that should be edited. Life shouldn't be cut. The only way you'll ever discover what it truly means to be alive and human is by sharing the full experience of what it means to be human and each blemish and freckle that comes with it. Iain Thomas
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Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place Iain Thomas
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Everyone changes so slowly, they don't even know that they have. And everyone likes to pretend that things are just the same yet they look at you like you could bring something back that's supposed to already be here. But home is a time. Not just a place. Iain Thomas
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If I breathe you in and you breathe me out, I swear we can breathe forever. I swear I’ll find summer in your winter and spring in your autumn and always, hands at the ends of your fingers, arms at the ends of your shoulders and I swear, when we run out of forever, when we run out of air, your name will be the last word that my lungs make air for. Iain Thomas
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This is my skin. This is not your skin, yet you are still under it. Iain Thomas
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No bird ever looked at a plane in envy Iain Thomas