ML Downie

“large black dogs can be a dark omen, did you know that? they foretell death, just like banshees do, and they follow you, and if you but look at them in the eye you are condemned.
still I´d rather see a dog when the time comes. the soft fur and the glassy eyes and the friendly bark of a playful hound, to take me gently to the realms of heaven.”
― Oscar de Muriel, A Mask of Shadows

“there should be storm-lashed rocks or the hall of the mountain king. but our lives are weighted in cold, white light, and is it even possible to imagine that anyone hears our prayers.”
― John Ajvide Lindqvist, Let the Right One In

“ask me, all mongrels are better than pedigree anything, said the woman. it´s why america is such an interesting country. filled with mongrels.”
― Neil Gaiman, Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances

“i have faced murderous lunatics, poisoning, blizzards without shelter, vicious witches, scottish food - yet never, never has my heart thumped as frantically as then.”
― oscar de muriel