Micol Ostow > Quotes

“Amity was the cold, steady gaze of a double-barreled shotgun, bearing down. She was the glint of pinprick pupils gleaming through a night-lit window, the rythmic blast of a door left banging in a gale wind. The slither of a flesh-flayed limb beneath a bed skirt, a welcome note etched in blood. Amity's forever was reflected in the glimmering edge of an ax, in the rushing footprints, the twitching tail, the brushing fingertips of a zephyr, a cipher, a wordless, formless shape.”
― Micol Ostow, Amity

“Gloria Steinem called; your betrayal of second-wave feminism is complete.”
― Micol Ostow, The Maple Murders

“But every once in a while, I could be normal. I could be the way other people are all the time. I could be nice. Once in a while.”
― Micol Ostow, Amity

“But the gun was here. Cold, solid steel against my palm. I wrapped one finger around the trigger. And smiled.”
― Micol Ostow, Amity

“A deep, echoing voice boomed from the radio. “And as the righteous shall be judged, so shall the wicked be punished. As it is written, so it shall come to pass.” “Oh, good,” Jughead said. “Children of the Corn. Very comforting.”
― Micol Ostow, Get out of Town

“Perfect.” Add a load of laundry to this evening’s roster and it was looking lit AF. I turned to see Archie Andrews”
― Micol Ostow, The Maple Murders

“Jughead. This is Riverdale. The town that time forgot. Does anyone here have any idea what decade it actually is?”
― Micol Ostow, The Maple Murders

“I thought then that Amity was already all mine. I didn't realise it was actually the other way around.”
― Micol Ostow, Amity

“Amity's inhuman. More than human. And she's inside of me. I'm inhuman right now, too.”
― Micol Ostow, Amity

“They say blood is thicker than water, sure. But sometimes found family is thickest of all.”
― Micol Ostow, Get out of Town