Robert Hough > Quotes

“Soon the sky began to turn a starlit lavender. Many looked up and admired it, for it was often said that when you are no longer moved by the last stages of dusk in the Mexican desert, it is time to shake the hand of your Maker.”
― Robert Hough, Dr. Brinkley's Tower

“…you know if you look close at the black of a tiger’s whisker, it turns out it isn’t black at all, but a swirl of violet and deep blue and kelp green.”
― Robert Hough, The Final Confession of Mabel Stark

“If I stop to describe exactly how scared I was every time something scary happens, we'll be here for the next ten years. So do me a favour. At parts like this imagine how you'd've felt, and we'll both do fine.”
― Robert Hough, The Final Confession of Mabel Stark

“We all have our battle scars, Kentucky. The ones who wear them on the outside are just a little more honest about it, that's all.”
― Robert Hough, The Final Confession of Mabel Stark

“There ain't a problem on this great green earth helped by feeling sorry for yourself.”
― Robert Hough, The Final Confession of Mabel Stark