M.R. Pritchard > Quotes

“Hurry now, Meg, before the others wake up without their souls and then we'll be in a load of trouble.”
― M.R. Pritchard, Sparrow Man

“I’m not saying no because I don’t want to support you. I’m saying no because I spend my life fixing up broken people. I can’t stand the violence. Not when I have people walking into the ER who are beat to crap. I just can’t watch it.” “I understand.” “If it were something else, I’d go. Like if it were downhill skiing or turtle racing, I’d be there.”
― M.R. Pritchard, Let Her Go

“What the hell is wrong with your weapon?" I shout.

"It doesn’t like you," Sparrow chokes out as he pushes at the dead man’s face.

“What the shit is that supposed to mean? Your machete has feelings?”
― M.R. Pritchard, Sparrow Man

“There’s nothing more annoying than being woken up at noon to the sound of a riding mower and Weedwacker and leaf blower, and knowing that you have to go back to work in six short hours.”
― M.R. Pritchard, Let Her Go

“I think I’m significantly less crazy than I was before.”
― M.R. Pritchard, Sparrow Man

“The earth has music for those who listen.” -Shakespeare”
― M.R. Pritchard, Muse

“Sometimes following your heart means losing your mind. —Anonymous”
― M.R. Pritchard, Nightingale Girl

“I don’t think I will ever get over the fact that the caves of Hell smell so pleasant.”
― M.R. Pritchard, Sparrow Man

“Finally, an eggplant-purple van rounds the corner. It’s a Dodge Caravan, straight from 1999. Sparrow’s driving and going about seven miles per hour. He has no idea how many guys at the trailer park drove one of these suckers. All it needs is a light bar and a volunteer firefighter sticker across the back, and I’d swear we were standing on a dirt road in upstate New York. I”
― M.R. Pritchard, Nightingale Girl

“You have that look in your eyes,” the one on the left says. “What look is that?” I ask. “Like you’ve almost lost all hope.”
― M.R. Pritchard, Sparrow Man

“Noah is lying on the floor doing sit-ups. “No.” I roll to the edge of the bed. “Why are you exercising?” “Gotta keep fit for the ladies.” Noah grunts as he does another sit-up. “Did you find a pretty one with scales and horns?” Noah”
― M.R. Pritchard, Nightingale Girl

“That’s all they care about; numbers-how many souls they can send to the heavens.”
― M.R. Pritchard, Sparrow Man

“You don’t know how far I had to go to find this.” Noah holds up a steaming calzone on a plate and two bottles of beer. “Was in the back of a freezer in some dude’s camper. Had to light his stove with a match to cook the sucker. And these.” He holds up the beer. “Had to cut a bitch for ’em.” I”
― M.R. Pritchard, Nightingale Girl

“Hide her,” I order. “I can’t hide her.” Noah points at Nightingale. “She’s a freaking Angel. The Hellions are going to smell her a mile away.” “We could hide her in the closet.” Noah scoffs. “She’s not E.T.” “The”
― M.R. Pritchard, Nightingale Girl

“Sinners don’t dream but we do always wake with a startle, afraid that our wrongdoings have finally caught up with us as we slept and might surprise us with a reprimand.”
― M.R. Pritchard, Sparrow Man

“My grandmother said mourning doves bring bad luck.” Another mourning dove lands. “And they always come in twos.” “Your grandmother had a contact buzz from the years you spent growing weed in her basement.” Noah”
― M.R. Pritchard, Nightingale Girl

“Did you have any friends who didn’t marinate their souls with the sins of the earthen plane?” “None that stuck around.” Gabriel”
― M.R. Pritchard, Nightingale Girl

“Your machete has feelings?”
― M.R. Pritchard, Sparrow Man