Jonathan Dunne Dead Ends Quotes

“It rises from the funeral pyre of rubble, ash and scorched memories to stare Max in the eyeballs, stand right over him in his lonely bed and whisper a hissing, fire-branding warning in his dreams, ‘Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust…’ over and over again, so close to his face he can feel the heat emanating from the fiery lick of its crispy tongue. Fireman is trying to tell him something he already knows, but Max doesn’t know it yet. Wake up, damn you! It’s staring you in the face…”
― Jonathan Dunne, Dead Ends

“The creeping perversion took hold of the little girl in its prickling clutches, then raised her high off the floor.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Dead Ends

“Don’t you worry your pretty little head about that. We have certain privileges around here. We can open doors where there are no doors.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Dead Ends

“You know it’s no illusion. You’ve smelt burning flesh before, Maximilian. The sweet aroma is a sour stomach-turner and those rich overtones of tanning leather are seeping into your face mask.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Dead Ends

“It rises from the funeral pyre of rubble, ash, and scorched memories to stare Max in the eyeballs, stand right over him in his lonely bed and whisper a hissing, fire-branding warning in his dreams, ‘Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust…’ over and over again, so close to his face he can feel the heat emanating from the fiery lick of its tongue. Fireman is trying to tell him something he already knows, but Max doesn’t know it yet. Wake up, damn you! It’s staring you in the face…”
― Jonathan Dunne, Dead Ends

“It rises from the funeral pyre of rubble, ash and scorched memories to stare Max in the eyeballs, stand right over him in his lonely bed and whisper a hissing, fire-branding warning in his dreams, ‘Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust…’ over and over again, so close to his face he can feel the heat emanating from the fiery lick of its tongue. Fireman is trying to tell him something he already knows, but Max doesn’t know it yet. Wake up, damn you! It’s staring you in the face…”
― Jonathan Dunne, Dead Ends

“Kelly Monroe was the phantom itch on the amputated limb; she did and didn’t exist.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Dead Ends

“By now, she knew there was something very wrong with Baby Starkweather, but Shelly pledged she would save the oddity’s life; she wasn’t prepared to lose her sister and her sister’s baby. She just wanted to bring the infant back from the dead, that’s all, then Shelly would face whatever she needed to face in life.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Dead Ends

“The driver commandeered the taxi through the streets with a complete disregard for traffic lights; their colours were there to make them pretty.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Dead Ends