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Matt was Tom's best friend in Mumbilli before the accident. Their friendship continues after Tom moves, but Tom feels unable and unwilling to truly connect with Matt given their history. They played together on the St. John's rugby team and Matt was instrumental in getting help for Daniel, Fin, Luke, and Nicole after the accident. He's the only friend who tries to remain close with Tom and the Brennan family as a whole in the aftermath. After Tom moves to Coghill Matt emails him regularly, even when Tom doesn't reply. Tom calls Matt twice; the first time he's unable to bring himself to truly open up to Matt, while the second time, it's implied that they actually begin to repair their relationship. Matt is distraught when one of his teammates yells "killer" at Tom during the match between St. John's and Bennie's.
Matt Quotes in The Story of Tom Brennan
The The Story of Tom Brennan quotes below are all either spoken by Matt or refer to Matt. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter Six
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Somewhere in the bush, hard to say how far away, I could hear the painful sound of groaning, retching sobs. It was Daniel but I couldn't go to him. Part of me wanted to, the other part didn't. I knew I had to stay with Fin, stay with the mess Daniel had made. Yet a voice inside of me was screaming, "He's alive, he's alive. Daniel's alive."
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Chapter Nine
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There were so many times when I just couldn't believe this'd happened, happened to me, to my family. This sort of thing happened to other people, not the Brennans.
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Matt Quotes in The Story of Tom Brennan
The The Story of Tom Brennan quotes below are all either spoken by Matt or refer to Matt. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter Six
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Somewhere in the bush, hard to say how far away, I could hear the painful sound of groaning, retching sobs. It was Daniel but I couldn't go to him. Part of me wanted to, the other part didn't. I knew I had to stay with Fin, stay with the mess Daniel had made. Yet a voice inside of me was screaming, "He's alive, he's alive. Daniel's alive."
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Chapter Nine
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There were so many times when I just couldn't believe this'd happened, happened to me, to my family. This sort of thing happened to other people, not the Brennans.
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