John F.D. Taff > Quotes

“Why do you persist in this belief that punishment must be meted out from either God or Satan when the most relentless, merciless punisher is that within? For we can never escape its scourges and lashes.”
― John F.D. Taff, The Bell Witch

“I know death. Intimately. And there is no part of it that is cute and cozy.”
― John F.D. Taff, Little Black Spots

“It is no test to love those who merit it. The test is in loving those who do not.”
― John F.D. Taff, The Bell Witch

“Does one ever know what another is capable of doing at his or her best?”
― John F.D. Taff, Little Black Spots

“To Donald Harmon, life was seen through a lens. Which meant, of course, that life was a narrow circle of reality, surrounded on all sides by darkness.”
― John F.D. Taff, Little Black Spots

“That’s all a vampire’s life is, in the end.  Memories.”
― John F.D. Taff, Little Black Spots

“The blade punched through the man’s chest with barely any resistance, but with a beautifully anatomical sound.”
― John F.D. Taff, The Bad Book

“How much are you willing to feel?”
― John F.D. Taff, Little Black Spots

“But though a thing may transcend science, it may not transgress it.”
― John F.D. Taff, The Bell Witch

“Sometimes John, a lie is nothing more than a truth one cannot accept.”
― John F.D. Taff, The Bell Witch

“It scares you, though. Let me tell you, don't be scared…of anything. It's not good. It's the root of everything bad—everything. Anger, hate, violence, it all comes from fear. It gums up the world machine, complicates the universe.”
― John F.D. Taff, Earth & Ember

“Are you sad?" "What kinda stupid question is that?" "I dunno.  You just seem sad.  Everybody seems sad.”
― John F.D. Taff, Little Black Spots

“Betsy recoiled, feeling hot breath upon her face. Just then, she heard another sound, as if someone very old was hawking something up, spitting. She felt something warm spatter her face, slide thickly down her cheek. Hurriedly, she wiped her face on the folds of her nightgown, the stuff’s sticky heat fading to tacky cold.”
― John F.D. Taff, The Bell Witch

“You noticed it.  You shouldn’t have.  Because in noticing it, it noticed you,”
― John F.D. Taff, Little Black Spots

“The short answer to what's going on is that the world is resetting itself, like a computer or an errant piece of machinery. First it purges the problem, then it resets and continues." "What's the problem?" "Fear. Simple as that. Fear. There's so much of it that it's gumming up the system,
obstructing the world from its true purpose.”
― John F.D. Taff, Earth & Ember

“Everything felt cold and sodden, as if a murderer's hand pressed a rag of wet, grey wool over the city to smother it.”
― John F.D. Taff, Little Black Spots

“That is a sign of good breeding.”
― John F.D. Taff, The Bell Witch