J.L. Bryan > Quotes

“Let’s try it,” he said.
“This is serious,” she said. “You could get hurt. Or die.”
“But if we can touch, that means we can make out, right?” he asked.
“Maybe.”
“You want me to risk my life for maybe?” He grinned.”
― J.L. Bryan, Jenny Pox

“Will you keep me safe?” she whispered.
”I promise.”
”Then I’ll go anywhere with you.”
― J.L. Bryan, Jenny Pox

“Well, all my friends are gone,' Seth said. 'But they did all gang up and murder me. True friends don't really do that.”
― J.L. Bryan, Tommy Nightmare

“I'm sticking with you, Jenny said. 'Want me to kill them?'
'No, thanks. Sweet of you to offer, though.”
― J.L. Bryan, Alexander Death

“You're murderers," she told the stunned crowd. "You killed him. He was a miracle, and you killed him. Now you've just got me. And I'm a curse.”
― J.L. Bryan, Jenny Pox

“Some people just find denial more attractive than adjusting their beliefs to new information.”
― J.L. Bryan, Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper

“I vant to zuk your blood." He waved his black gloved hands above his head as he tried out his awful Transylvanian accent. "You vish," She replied.”
― J.L. Bryan, Jenny Pox

“Ashleigh’s a manipulative liar,” Jenny said. “She makes Dick Cheney look like Mr. Rogers.”
“That is an ugly thing to say about Dick Cheney!” Dr. Goodling snapped. “And my daughter, as well.”
― J.L. Bryan, Jenny Pox

“She had died before, and it wasn’t so bad.”
― J.L. Bryan, Tommy Nightmare

“Seth and Jenny after they've escaped Alexander in Mexico.

Seth: "Here's what we need to do. Find a flat area, like a farm, a little bit out of the way where we can spend a little time." Seth unbuttoned his black fatigues.

Jenny: "Seth, I think we have more urgent things to think about..."

Seth: "I know." He pushed his pants down to his knees. "I want to show you something.

Jenny: "I've seen it before."

Seth: "Ha ha." Seth tugged back the leg of his boxer shorts to reveal a black band around one thigh with a circular device mounted on it.”
― J.L. Bryan, Alexander Death

“Sweet," Stacey said. "Well, let's go check out the dark basement of the abandoned insane asylum. Nothing could possibly go wrong down there.”
― J.L. Bryan, Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper

“Power fears truth above all things—more than bullets, more than bombs, more than death itself, because truth can destroy powerful men even as they lie in their graves.”
― J.L. Bryan, Dominion

“If we do survive death, then the next world is veiled from us for a purpose. Regardless of our endless conjecture, each of us will make this discovery individually, whether we wish to or not. However, we do know the conditions of the world around us and its inhabitants; we know these in detail. We can only conclude, then, that we are meant to focus on this world in which we live, and not groundless speculation about the next. History shows that an obsession with the afterlife smothers our concern for the living.”
― J.L. Bryan, Helix

“What's next?" Stacey glanced down the intersecting hall at the closed door to Juniper's room, from which more harsh, angry music leaked out. Our options were to go talk to the moody teenage girl or go set up in the creepy attic where Toolie had heard strange thumps, crashes, and footsteps.
"The attic," I said. "It sounds easier than talking to the girl.”
― J.L. Bryan, Cold Shadows

“Ghosts are drawn to the dark underground areas of a house like bats to a cave. Maybe it reminds them of the graves where they belong.”
― J.L. Bryan, The Crawling Darkness

“The key is to put them in a small, dark place and give them just enough to start up their imagination. That’s where the fear lives, down inside you, not inside whatever it is that’s scaring you.”
― J.L. Bryan, Inferno Park

“Ugh." Stacey covered her nose as she swooped her light around the room. "Smells like a possum died in here. And a skunk, too. Maybe it was a murder-suicide.”
― J.L. Bryan, Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper

“Then I could imagine the Yelp review that would come afterward: “One star: Eckhart Investigations encouraged my daughter to practice black magic and worship Satan!”
― J.L. Bryan, Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper Trilogy

“An interesting thing about kitchens: while ghosts are most drawn to the dark, deserted areas of the house, typically the attic or basement—or closets, in the case of our current boogeyman—the kitchen, in my experience, tends to be the least haunted area. Maybe it’s the fact that kitchens are well-lit, but they’re also the center of activity for the living, the emotional energy constantly churned and refreshed. They’re the heart of the home, and I think something about that keeps the restless spirits at bay, hiding in the shadows. There are plenty of exceptions, of course.”
― J.L. Bryan, The Crawling Darkness

“The bar looked like a place where meth-addicted rats went to die.”
― J.L. Bryan, Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper

“This was it, killed by an evil child-ghost in a bath tub. Aunt Clarice from Virginia would never understand.”
― J.L. Bryan, Cold Shadows

“That's what any parent would think. Closet Monster Syndrome, my mother called it. She would prescribe 200 cc's of hot chocolate, followed by bed rest." Alicia smiled. "She was a nurse, too." "Is”
― J.L. Bryan, The Crawling Darkness

“Don't you love fall?" Stacey asked. "All the little festivals, the changing leaves, kids in Halloween costumes, the dead spewing up out of their graves to haunt the living...”
― J.L. Bryan, Maze of Souls

“the attic, the basement, the storage crawlspace, sometimes the garage, are like the house's subconscious. We store away the seasonal items, and we store all the things we don't really need but can't throw away because we feel too attached to them.”
― J.L. Bryan, Cold Shadows

“Maybe it was like one of those murder-suicide cases, only he got the order wrong.”
― J.L. Bryan, Cold Shadows

“Before we get arrested,” Jacob said, “I’m a little curious about what we’re breaking into here. Just as a conversation-starter with my boss when he fires me.”
― J.L. Bryan, Terminal

“I can't wait to hike around the mountains looking for old bones,” Stacey said. “Can we do it at midnight under a full moon on Friday the 13th?”
― J.L. Bryan, House of Whispers

“You took me for a date at the zoo,
said my love left something to prove,
so I did all I knew to do,
I stole a fat rhinoceros for you!

Stolen rhino, in my car,
Stolen rhino, now love me more
Stolen rhino, I did it for you,
Stolen rhino, don't make me steal two!”
― J.L. Bryan, Fairy Metal Thunder

“She’d always imagined life would get better as she grew older.  She would get wiser, discover things, make friends, find the way to her own happiness and out of the misery. Now she realized it wouldn’t happen.  She’d been born cursed and would die cursed and never understand why.  There was nothing to hope for, no happiness ahead. ”
― J.L. Bryan, Jenny Pox

“A flashlight is a ghost trapper's sidearm. Seriously. You can chase a lot of nasties away with a solid blast of bright white. It doesn't hurt them, but it can bother them enough to make them slip off in search of darker pastures. A strong bright light interferes with the ghosts' electrical fields, making it harder for them to focus when they want to claw at you or throw dishes at your head. This is probably why ghosts prefer to do their haunting and harassing at night.”
― J.L. Bryan, Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper