Paul Sayer > Quotes

“I contemplate my last moments and wait for the explanation I know will not be offered.”
― Paul Sayer, Comforts of Madness

“I had already passed beyond the point of death and was now keeping company with ghosts who had joyfully come to claim me as one of their own.”
― Paul Sayer, Comforts of Madness

“But he froze before he had reached far enough, halted, certainly, by the same sexret doubt I had seen in others, the querulous look and fear that asked, Is there yet someone alive in that shell? Some living human being, watching, waiting to come back to life [...]. Might there yet be some ember that could burst suddenly into flame, escaping, falling away to earth like a maggot dropping from a carcass?”
― Paul Sayer, Comforts of Madness

“Good morning Peter," said the old woman at the table. "Aren't you going to say 'good morning' to us, then, Peter?" "He," said the man opposite, "never says anything, doesn't Peter. Got his head screwed on, knows to keep his mouth shut. Best way." "That doesn't mean," said the woman, "that we should not be polite to him. I'm sure Peter has feelings, just like the rest of us and, if he could, if he wished to, I'm sure he would be delighted to say 'good morning' to us and wish us all the verybest of good wishes.”
― Paul Sayer, Comforts of Madness