Tyler Hayes > Quotes

“We all know we’re here for the same reason, and we all know that the last thing we want is for anyone to be lost again the way we were the first time. And because of that, I believe we can win. Because us? We’re fighters.”
― Tyler Hayes, The Imaginary Corpse

“The name’s Tippy: ex-imaginary friend and once-and-current detective. It’s nice to meet you.”
― Tyler Hayes, The Imaginary Corpse

“When I arrived, I took detective work because it was what I knew how to do. I solve a mystery, and for a little while, I can keep the feeling at bay. The feeling that I’m lost. That I’m bad at life. That I’m a failure. But ‘at bay’ isn’t the same thing as ‘gone.”
― Tyler Hayes, The Imaginary Corpse

“But we’re still Real, just like the name says. We’re still Real, and we’re here, and if we could go back to our people?” I let that hang in the air for a second. “If we could help them again, even if it’s just one more time, is there any pain, any punishment, any awful thing we wouldn’t endure to make that happen?”
― Tyler Hayes, The Imaginary Corpse

“Everything’s gotten a little dusty and foggy all of a sudden – I mean, there’s no way I’m crying.”
― Tyler Hayes, The Imaginary Corpse