Pam Jones > Quotes

“One would think, however, that sharing a name might offer a thin string of connection. It was always a thrill to meet someone who had the same name as you, and unlike a lot of things, this was a thrill that never quite faded.”
― Pam Jones, The Cost of Paper: Volume Three

“It was not impulse.

It was not lust.

It was not wrath, or boredom, or desperation.

People remembered the saints because they had their tokens.”
― Pam Jones

“Her occupation was the worst that anyone could think of. No guest in the park had to think of it because, unlike the wandering dwarf women, her job had no bearing on paper.”
― Pam Jones, The Biggest Little Bird

“On the day the park opened, half the state must have turned up. California weddings that June were small in attendance, the bride, groom, and guests quitting the ceremony for their cars after the second "I do"; especially hasty couples did away with the festivities altogether and simply took their vows en route to the park.”
― Pam Jones, The Biggest Little Bird

“Well, this is only a story, isn't it? I mean, our patrons, anyone who comes to this park, are they going to take this to heart, Mister Shake?'

They'll take what pieces they want, and everything gets a little skewed. That's how these things work, Freddy. Who knows? In ten years' time, Elijah Zallman Ickack may see through walls. Once in the park, they're locked into some idea of what made it, and that's the thing. In the meantime, the long-lost-nephew must have something to say.”
― Pam Jones, The Biggest Little Bird

“You always knew at a park when someone threw up.”
― Pam Jones, The Biggest Little Bird