Rob M. Lastrel > Quotes

“As I was trying to deal with the revelation that Arthur had laid on us, I heard footsteps behind me and turned to see Janet rushing back toward the parking lot, her husband in tow. He was trying to get her to stay, but she wasn’t having it.
“Wow,” Todd said. “Normally it takes a bit longer to convince people we’re telling the truth. I see this as a win.”
― Rob M. Lastrel, The Bystander: A Horror Movie LitRPG

“What are you doing after graduation?”
“Traveling the world,” I said as we marched down the road. “I’ll move from place to place, staying one step ahead of my student loan provider.”
― Rob M. Lastrel, The Bystander: A Horror Movie LitRPG

“His ghostly arm reached forward and grabbed me by the neck, lifting me into the air. “You do have strength of spirit. I’ll grant you that. But then, so do I.”
Did he just tell a joke?”
― Rob M. Lastrel, The Bystander: A Horror Movie LitRPG

“The curtains were up.
The show was starting.
The Game at Carousel had begun.”
― Rob M. Lastrel, The Bystander: A Horror Movie LitRPG

“I’m sticking with engineering. The allure of acquiring knowledge has faded. I just want to graduate and make enough money to take care of my family, then I’m retiring early.”
“No surfing doctor?” I asked. It had been a joke when we were kids. Camden said he wanted to open a medical practice near a beach.
“Surfing engineer,” he said. “The hours are better.”
― Rob M. Lastrel, The Bystander: A Horror Movie LitRPG

“I invited you because you are my smartest friend,” Antoine replied. “You got an A in organic chemistry.”
“You got an A in inorganic chemistry!” Camden responded.
“That’s how I know you’re smart,” Antoine said coolly.”
― Rob M. Lastrel, The Bystander: A Horror Movie LitRPG

“I saw words that I couldn’t quite read, but I knew something was unusual about them. I suspected that, like the bloody woman Samantha, these people were NPCs.
They also wore an aggressive amount of denim.
I don’t know which of those things made me more uncomfortable.”
― Rob M. Lastrel, The Bystander: A Horror Movie LitRPG

“It doesn’t say what you would need a soul for, but it repeats how dangerous this process is,” Camden said.
That makes sense. Separating the soul from the body is literal murder.”
― Rob M. Lastrel, The Bystander: A Horror Movie LitRPG

“It had been speaking to me off and on all fight. I had mostly not been paying attention. Part of that was because I was dying. The other part was because enemy monologues do start to all sound alike.”
― Rob M. Lastrel, The Bystander: A Horror Movie LitRPG

“Okay, but why would you need to harness a human soul?” Anna asked.
I could answer that one.
“Communicating with the dead, using it to power magic, using it to summon a demon, or to breathe life into something,” I suggested. “What can’t you use a human soul for?”
― Rob M. Lastrel, The Bystander: A Horror Movie LitRPG

“Welcome to Carousel, the town where movies come to life. The show’s about to start, and you’re in the front row!”
― Rob M. Lastrel, The Bystander: A Horror Movie LitRPG

“You told Robin Roeper that I slept with you on winter break,” she yelled. “Do you know how embarrassing that is?”
Ruck was drunk as a skunk but was not too far gone to respond. “I didn’t tell her you slept with me,” he said in his best peacekeeper tone. “I told her you slept with every guy at the resort. She must have misunderstood.”
― Rob M. Lastrel, The Bystander: A Horror Movie LitRPG