Duncan Ralston > Quotes

“That doesn't invalidate it, Angel said. There's no statute of limitations on pain.”
― Duncan Ralston, Woom

“You should always listen to that voice when something doesn't feel right. Always look out for the red flags. Stop worrying about being nice, about making a scene.”
― Duncan Ralston, Woom

“Some places hold the pain in their walls, in the carpet snags, in the cracks of the ceiling and chinks in the baseboards.”
― Duncan Ralston, Woom

“False hope is better than believing you're the world's biggest loser.”
― Duncan Ralston

“I read for fun," Allison said. "It's okay when you're an adult, I think.”
― Duncan Ralston, Ghostland

“But the fact that a man who dealt with the absolute worst of humanity every single day could still find a moment to be charitable gave me a glimmer of hope.”
― Duncan Ralston, Where the Monsters Live

“She hadn't signed on for this. She craved action. She wanted hard deadlines.”
― Duncan Ralston, How to Kill a Celebrity: a Novella

“Just because it's the end of the world doesn't make hygiene any less important.”
― Duncan Ralston, Ghostland

“germane.”
― Duncan Ralston, Woom

“Nobody does, Owen," she said. He saw sympathy in Avery's eyes, revealing an emotional side she'd kept hidden from him in the eleven years they'd been partners. "If people did, they'd call it something else." When he looked again, his sister was gone.”
― Duncan Ralston, Salvage

“There's atheism, and then there's anti-theism, know what I mean? Atheists don't believe in God, but they don't care if you do, so long as you're not forcing it on others. Anti-theists seem to have declared war on God.”
― Duncan Ralston, Salvage

“Angel—Johnny—stared up at the ceiling, his face crusted by a mucousy film, the eyes glazed over, his mouth hung open, glistening with a runner of drool that spilled down his cheek and pattered onto the carpet.”
― Duncan Ralston, Woom

“Strangers were unpredictable.”
― Duncan Ralston, Ghostland: Ghost Hunter Edition

“Imagine surviving all of this just to come out with a staph infection or ringworm.”
― Duncan Ralston, Puzzle House

“I wasn't fishing for compliments, bro, but thanks, I guess.”
― Duncan Ralston, Dead Men Walking: a Novelette

“This isn't a game, Lilian. There aren't any trophies for completing side quests.”
― Duncan Ralston, Ghostland

“This is definitely the strangest date I ever had. And I've been with guys who get off shitting in diapers and begging for a spanking.”
― Duncan Ralston, Woom

“The thing Jesus said about forgiveness? 'When we forgive men for their sins, God forgives us for ours.' We have to remember that, man. Hold it close to our hearts.”
― Duncan Ralston, Dead Men Walking: a Novelette

“Only the monsters down here were most definitely not nice, and trying to cuddle one would be dangerous, like kissing a piranha”
― Duncan Ralston, Where the Monsters Live

“Modern dating was a labyrinthine manscape riddled with trolls, bros, haters, and selfie-obsessed divos.”
― Duncan Ralston, In Every Dark Corner

“Mr. McAllister knew what it was like to sit for half an hour or more in someone else's stench, and so he made sure his breath was minty and his farts smelled like roses.”
― Duncan Ralston, Bus Driver Man

“There was a time when people turned to scripture for comfort. Now they turn on reality television." The office smelled of wood polish, cheap cologne, sandalwood and the opened whiskey bottle.”
― Duncan Ralston, The Midwives

“What they didn't understand was that horror comforted him.”
― Duncan Ralston, Ghostland

“They'd crept past a blood-soaked clown cheerily juggling the severed heads of his victims and a woman in a white flowing dress spinning the dead into cocoons made of living vines.”
― Duncan Ralston, Ghostland

“Though she'd never spoken a word about the monster who'd assaulted her, the trauma still far too pervasive.”
― Duncan Ralston, Where the Monsters Live

“I don't know, humane or not, man, a life is a life. Push a button half a million miles away or stick a shiv in a man's kidney while the dude stares you in the eye, you still got blood on your hands.”
― Duncan Ralston, Dead Men Walking: a Novelette

“I think we're all born with a hole in ourselves," she said finally. "As we grow, as we become who we're meant to be, we fill that hole with love, with family, with purpose⁠—”
― Duncan Ralston, Cvlt: a Transgressive Psychological Thriller sequel to WOOM from the author of GHOSTLAND

“Oh, she was a lousy, two-timing bitch. But she knew how to drizzle on the honey after she splashed you with vinegar.”
― Duncan Ralston, Gross Out

“Ghosts are people too," the protestor said in monotone. "Help put an end to the slavery of innocent non-corporeal beings.”
― Duncan Ralston, Ghostland

“Hello, Mom," he said to the empty room. "It's been a long time.”
― Duncan Ralston, Woom