The Drowned Quotes

“Having a child isn't a deal you strike with life. As I said: a child is a gift. And what remains after a child is gone is the memory of the years it was allowed to live. Not its death”
― Carsten Jensen

“When the power cuts out and the world goes cold, you will realize you aren't hunting an invisible killer—an invisible killer is hunting you.”
― Adel Al-Ashwal

“We are the ones who never dismiss the gentle sway of a curtain as nothing more than the wind teasing it, but imagine instead an evil spirit hovering nearby...”
― Adel Al-Ashwal, The Drowned

“And, as is always the case when dealing with matters of the metaphysical, nothing can ever be proven... and nothing can ever be disproven.”
― Adel Al-Ashwal, The Drowned

“Six feet, or perhaps more, of earth are heaped upon you. Everyone leaves for dinner. And by the end of the evening, they are dividing your inheritance among themselves. That is the painful truth.”
― Adel Al-Ashwal, The Drowned

“And I do not know how anything can still be called sudden when you expect it at any moment. But when that thing is unseen, impossible to perceive with the eye or touch with the hand, then it no longer feels as though you are hunting an invisible killer. It feels as though an invisible killer is hunting you”
― Adel Al-Ashwal, The Drowned