The Crow Quotes

“So the crow spirals down through a collapsed dream and the only sound it makes in like a concave scream.”
― James O'Barr, The Crow

“When sorrow comes, they come not single spies, but in battalions. I've allies in heaven, Jack, i've commrades in hell...say hello for me...”
― James O'Barr, The Crow

“Remember when you said "Mine?" and I said "Forever". You said "Only forver?" It's forever, now.”
― James O'Barr, The Crow

“Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of all children. Do you understand? Do you understand?”
― James O'Barr, The Crow

“Funboy: Pal, something is seriously wrong with you.
The Crow: Atrocity has that effect on me.”
― James O'Barr, The Crow

“I know why Jesus wept, motherfucker.”
― James O'Barr, The Crow

“Eric screams and screams and pounds his head against the wall until phantom fire trucks race across his vision. All he wants is pain. Pain and hate. Yes, hate. But never fear. Fear is for the enemy. Fear and bullets.”
― James O'Barr, The Crow

“Tonight, hell sends an angel bearing gifts...”
― James O'Barr, The Crow

“Shouldn't have looked, boy...”
― James O'Barr, The Crow

“A man cannot eat more than three meals a day, or live in more than one house at a time. If you have what you need, and more than you need, what is the use of adding to it?"
~Saliman”
― Allison Croggon

“ANODYNE
If I were an Angel I would cast away my wings and halo, forever
Just to spend one more moment near you,
To touch the soft white milk of your skin,
To count every freckle on your nose,
To feel the silky smooth drift of your hair over my face,
To feel your breath hot on my mouth.
I would forget the music of every sunrise
To just once more hear you sigh,
I would laugh in absolute joy at the irony
Of the angel who gave away his divinity, for all eternity,
To fell the warm glow of an earth-bound love,
If just for one single moment.
J O’Barr”
― James O'Barr, The Crow: Special Edition

“Hey gunslinger... nice shot.”
― James O'Barr, The Crow

“Who ever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.”
― James O'Barr

“Tell them I'm coming, mr. Jones.”
― James O'Barr, The Crow

“...the girl.. her name was Shelly...”
― James O'Barr, The Crow

“Paint your face and paint your smile...”
― The Crow

“He hears men's voices, shouts, so evil and grim he hears their names: Tin Tin, Fun Boy, T-Bird, Top Dollar and Tom Tom. The sounds sink into his heart like ice and brun in his head with a heat so intense it glows white.”
― James O'Barr, The Crow

“We should never have come here, with flesh so soft and hearts so unwise, but, like tigers in tall tall grass, like Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, we sucked in our fear and we came here...We came here but we never should have stayed. Though we had inertia and radius and depth, we took the last train with velocity, and passed our own deaths.”
― J.O. Barr

“I know why Jesus wept Motherfucker”
― James O'Barr