J.T. Ellison > Quotes

“Rue not my death. Rejoice at my repose, It was no death to me but to my woes. The bud was opened to let out the rose. The chain was loosed to let the captive go.” —ROBERT SOUTHWELL ON MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS”
― J.T. Ellison, Where All the Dead Lie

“Be silent in that solitude, Which is not loneliness—for then The spirits of the dead who stood In life before thee are again In death around thee—and their will Shall overshadow thee—be still.” SPIRITS OF THE DEAD —EDGAR ALLEN POE”
― J.T. Ellison, Where All the Dead Lie

“Her body said yes, her mind said absolutely not. Her heart, well, she was learning to ignore the bitch.”
― J.T. Ellison, Where All the Dead Lie

“I thought lies had power until I saw what silence could do.”
― J.T. Ellison, Good Girls Lie

“This was seduction at its highest—the simple act of memory. When someone remembers what you’ve said, has actually taken the time to listen and stow away the information for recall later, well, that was beyond flattery. That’s what a real relationship was about.”
― J.T. Ellison, Where All the Dead Lie

“You can always judge a man by how he treats his dog,”
― J.T. Ellison, The Immortals

“a person’s true character is rarely revealed until they are staring into the face of adversity.”
― J.T. Ellison, Lie to Me

“Did we see a hero happen upon a stranger in distress and try to give him life? Or did a killer hunt down a man who’d upset him and make sure he was dead?”
― J.T. Ellison, These Cold Strangers

“If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own Village, she must seek them abroad.” —Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey”
― J.T. Ellison, Her Dark Lies

“Like a broken gong be still, be silent. Know the stillness of freedom where there is no more striving.” —THE BUDDHA”
― J.T. Ellison, Where All the Dead Lie

“The romantics of growing old with someone were shattered by the realities of the flesh incrementally dying.”
― J.T. Ellison, Where All the Dead Lie

“She was better off with people who couldn’t talk back. There were no awkward moments with the lifeless. No worry about how they perceived her.”
― J.T. Ellison, Where All the Dead Lie

“We must dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.”—May Sarton”
― J.T. Ellison, Edge of Black

“We all want to be remembered for something. We have children, we paint, we write, we fight, we conquer. We leave behind marks on the fabric of humanity, and while some are content to stay in the background, some of us want to make those marks as vivid and overwhelming as possible. We don't just want to be remembered. We want to be unforgettable.”
― J.T. Ellison, Her Dark Lies

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. —Author Unknown”
― J.T. Ellison, Last Seen

“Sam grinned. “Probably an acrotomophiliac. You know, less is more.” Taylor wrinkled her brow. “What the hell does that mean? It doesn’t sound good.” “Means he’s sexually attracted to amputees.”
― J.T. Ellison, All The Pretty Girls

“The first flakes of snow began to fall as she got to the back entrance, dancing lightly in the air. She stopped to watch their intricate ballet. Now this, this was real. Abundant water vapor causing small particles of ice, too heavy to be contained in the clouds, to fall to the earth. Science. Incontrovertible evidence. But at one time, it must have seemed like magic.”
― J.T. Ellison, Where All the Dead Lie

“You never really know when you’ve met the man who’s eventually going to murder you.”
― J.T. Ellison, A Very Bad Thing

“She was getting tired of people telling her she was all right. Obviously she wasn’t. She was far from all right. She was broken.”
― J.T. Ellison, Where All the Dead Lie

“He stood for a moment, letting the music wash over him, his right arm moving in concert with the bass. The music filled him, made him complete, and whole.”
― J.T. Ellison, The Cold Room

“Women were strange creatures when it came to attraction, that much she knew. They got territorial, even with their male friends that they had no amorous intentions toward.”
― J.T. Ellison, Where All the Dead Lie

“Love is simply a word we use to explain the biochemical nature of species propagation. It’s something we use to justify the base desire to experience pleasure with another person when in fact it’s just about making procreation more palatable. We say we’re in love, but what we really mean is we want to connect so we don’t feel so alone, and in so doing, create stronger familial constructs that allow us to fend off other familial constructs who want to take what we have.”
― J.T. Ellison, Her Dark Lies

“Tell her not to do something, tell her she couldn't do something, & she'd do it just to spite you.”
― J.T. Ellison, Judas Kiss

“Some darker day than usual. It is this I want you to remember, should you ever find yourself in the darkness. This feeling is temporary, no matter how cruel and pervasive it feels. It will get better. There is hope.”
― J.T. Ellison, Tear Me Apart

“Nightfall signaled her brain to collapse in on itself, to allow the doubt and pain to rule.”
― J.T. Ellison, Where All the Dead Lie

“Thalia is such a pretty name. Is it Greek?” The girl looked at her in surprise. “Very good, Lieutenant. My mother is from Athens. Thalia was the Muse of Comedy. She also worked part-time as one of the Graces—Thalia the Flowering. It’s a nice history. I’d like to think that I inspired some creativity at some point in my life. I’d like to teach art, so perhaps it was prophetic of my mother.” They had moved through the nave of the church now, and Thalia pointed to a door.”
― J.T. Ellison, Judas Kiss

“An interesting word, hero. When I was a child, I was taught that heroes wore uniforms. They were a safe place, always. If you were lost. If you needed help. People—strangers—who will die for your freedom. As I grew older, I realized they aren’t the only ones. A young mother who works three jobs so her children will have shelter. The widowed father who learns to braid his daughter’s hair. The women who survive abuse at the hands of a predator. Heroes come in many guises.”
― J.T. Ellison, These Cold Strangers

“Taylor chose the right side first. She stood in the doorway and looked into the room, running her Maglite over the dimness. She didn’t need the overhead to see the blood. Copious amounts of red, startling against the contiguous white theme, was very defining. From her vantage point at the doorway, she could see blood everywhere, cast off on the unmade bed and headboard, washed across the wall, soaking the carpet. In the middle of the bed, a dark-haired woman lay on her stomach, facedown on the sheets, which were nearly black. Exsanguination, her mind told her. The woman’s legs were akimbo, the left twisted under the right as if she’d fallen at an angle onto the mattress. Taylor couldn’t see her arms. She”
― J.T. Ellison, 14

“Wow. Lincoln, this is fantastic work!” “Aww, it wasn’t just me. Marcus did some of it.” “Gracious of you,” Marcus said. “Think nothing of it,” Lincoln jibed back.”
― J.T. Ellison, Judas Kiss

“They were always destined to fail. He liked her too much; she liked her job too much.”
― J.T. Ellison, A Very Bad Thing