Brock Cole > Quotes

“I didn't mean it' he said again. She tried to smile, but had to sniff instead. Her face was wet, and her nose was running. He thought she looked beautiful.”
― Brock Cole, The Goats

“A stump loomed in front of them, splitting the path. They drifted apart, their clasped hands rising as it came between them.

"Hold on, " Laura said. "Hold on.”
― Brock Cole, The Goats

“If you see you’re going to get popped in a fair fight, don’t fight fair.”
― Brock Cole, The Goats

“I measure the coffee exactly. Pour in the water. As the flavor bursts, she surrenders. “Oh, you are old for such a long time!” She frets over the sugar bowl in the center of a tin tray. “You think it won’t happen to you, but it will. You may live a long time, but most of life is old, old, old!”
― Brock Cole, Celine

“It would probably be best if they were separated, anyway," Margo continued. "They're feeling very close now, but it's an abnormal situation. They might be developing a dependency which would interfere with their resocialization later."

She sounded like a textbook on child psychology that Maddy had once read. Reasonable, and yet somehow wrong. Maddy's own intuition was that if you found someone you liked and trusted, you held on for dear life.”
― Brock Cole, The Goats