Rick Burroughs > Quotes

“Wind rippled the trees, the darkness seeming to gather itself closer around him.”
― Rick Burroughs, Alan Wake

“Wake’s stomach was doing backflips that would do the Romanian gymnastics team proud.”
― Rick Burroughs, Alan Wake

“The trailer rocked as the bulldozer slammed into it. The trailer lurched, windows shattering. The lights went out. The trailer backed up, took another run, full-throttle this time. The blade of the bulldozer punched through a wall of the office, the engine revving as it slowly pushed the trailer toward the ravine. One wall buckled as the trailer tore free of its foundation, digging furrows in the earth as it was pushed closer and closer to the edge of the ravine.”
― Rick Burroughs, Alan Wake

“The question...and Wake hated that he kept coming back to it, no matter how hard he resisted, was whether Thomas Zane was a handy creation of Alan Wake...of whether Wake was a creation of Thomas Zane. One of them had used the other to fight the Dark Presence. One of them was going to finish the fight.”
― Rick Burroughs, Alan Wake

“Alice…" Wake said her name like a man in a desert saying the word water.”
― Rick Burroughs, Alan Wake