J. Thorn > Quotes

“The cold November sun sent weak rays onto the floor of the old house. The floor beneath snickered, trying hard to hold back snaps of bawdy laughter. The temperature dropped with ease.”
― J. Thorn, The Seventh Seal

“It’s about what you’re willing to give, not what is demanded of you.”
― J. Thorn, Reversion: The Inevitable Horror

“I can’t answer all of your questions...”
― J. Thorn, Reversion: The Inevitable Horror

“We all deserve peace.”
― J. Thorn, Reversion: The Inevitable Horror

“That’s one thing about us Americans, right? We want everything tied up perfectly, no loose ends. We want all the answers and logical reasons for everything.... We demand a happy ending and for shit to make sense. Well, let me tell you something. It ain’t like that. Sometimes you don’t get to find out why. Sometimes shit doesn’t belong to you.”
― J. Thorn, Reversion: The Inevitable Horror

“Whether you’re the giver or the recipient of those moments, you must find them too, Samuel. I need you to live wholeheartedly. I want you to promise me that no matter what happens, you’ll seek those out, relish them, and give others the opportunity to do so as well. You are worthy of your existence. What you bring to the world matters, and that light cannot be snuffed by a cave, or a cloud, or a Reversion.”
― J. Thorn, Reversion: The Inevitable Horror

“when we love something we love it forever. And when we love someone they know we love them forever. Even if we can’t tell them anymore.”
― J. Thorn, This is the End 2: The Post-Apocalyptic Box Set

“Who owes you an explanation?”
― J. Thorn, Reversion: The Inevitable Horror

“But when one gets up in the morning and explicitly decides to paint oneself into oblivion behind a screen of booze, dark sunglasses, and heavy metal music, an unconcerned world just slides past, beyond an apathetic fog. Which is the whole point.”
― J. Thorn, This is the End: The Post-Apocalyptic 7 Book Box Set

“In addition, discussing these things and making decisions at the outset of the collaboration can help to define non-writing roles. For example, who will publish the book? How will expenses be covered? How and when will royalties be dispersed? How often will sales reporting be done? At the time of this writing, it is not possible to use any major retailer’s platform for a royalty-split project. In other words, one person will have to handle the publication and then be accountable to the other.”
― J. Thorn, Co-writing a book: Collaboration and Co-creation for Authors

“But if you want to truly enslave someone, there is something even more powerful than fear, and that is hope.”
― J. Thorn, From Darkness Comes: 8 Book Horror Collection

“achieving enlightenment. Enlightenment, for them, was escaping the cycle of rebirth. Reincarnation was a curse to avoid, not some type of immortality.” “Sounds Buddhist,” Samuel said. “It is. Mahavira and Buddha were contemporaries. But they are not the same.” The dead man paused before continuing. “Because of their belief in the cycle of rebirth, Jains also believed every living thing had a soul. Not just intelligent creatures, but the trees, birds, plants. Everything. So the pain man inflicts on other living creatures is really the pain he inflicts on himself. ‘Many times I have been drawn and quartered, torn apart, and skinned, helpless in snares and traps, a deer. An infinite number of times I have been felled, stripped of my bark, cut up and sawn into planks.’” “That’s not possible. You can’t exist without destroying something else that is living,” Samuel said. “I must kill to live. Everything in existence must kill something to stay alive.” “You can if you are not of the living.”
― J. Thorn, The Complete Portal Arcane Trilogy

“Todd, what the hell are you thinking?”
― J. Thorn, From Darkness Comes: 8 Book Horror Collection

“hard”
― J. Thorn, This is the End: The Post-Apocalyptic 7 Book Box Set

“The good thing about doubting your sanity was you didn’t have to worry about dying of boredom.”
― J. Thorn, From Darkness Comes: 8 Book Horror Collection

“Pollution, global warming, gun violence, disease, and starvation were real and constant threats to human survival, yet no one seemed to be doing anything about them. Yet a bizarre menace straight out of a science-fiction movie drew eyeballs.”
― J. Thorn, This is the End 2: The Post-Apocalyptic Box Set

“According to the Army, after two to four days of little rest, an extended sleep is needed—twelve to fourteen hours.”
― J. Thorn, This is the End: The Post-Apocalyptic 7 Book Box Set

“got to his naval when I noticed what I first believed to be just a case of bad feet. I was prepared to overlook that…until I got to the actual source of that”
― J. Thorn, From Darkness Comes: 8 Book Horror Collection

“Americans like to think that in times of crisis, everyone would bond together and “do the right thing.” But historians know better.”
― J. Thorn, The Post-Apocalyptic Reader's Guide

“I hate writing. I love having written.”
― J. Thorn, Three Story Method: Foundations of Fiction

“The woman—and more importantly, the man who adores her—knows that youth and vitality are more about what’s on the inside than what’s on the outside. The interior is what’s important, and only a precious few intimates get to see that. The exterior? Hell, everyone else on the planet can see that, free of charge.”
― J. Thorn, This is the End: The Post-Apocalyptic 7 Book Box Set

“Maybe it’s a mix of all of the above. Or, maybe God got tired of us messing up his toy.”
― J. Thorn, This is the End 2: The Post-Apocalyptic Box Set

“CHAPTER TWELVE Freeman was dreaming of his dead grandparents’ farm, a hundred and twelve acres”
― J. Thorn, From Darkness Comes: 8 Book Horror Collection

“STEPHEN”
― J. Thorn, This is the End 3: The Post-Apocalyptic Box Set