“Stories are important, the monster said. They can be more important than anything. If they carry the truth.”
― A Monster Calls
― A Monster Calls
“Don't think you haven't lived long enough to have a story to tell.”
― A Monster Calls
― A Monster Calls
“Conor held tightly onto his mother.
And by doing so, he could finally let her go.”
― A Monster Calls
And by doing so, he could finally let her go.”
― A Monster Calls
“The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do.”
― A Monster Calls
― A Monster Calls
“There was once an invisible man who had grown tired of being unseen. It was not that he was actually invisible. It was that people had become used to not seeing him.
And if no one sees you, are you really there at all?"”
― A Monster Calls
And if no one sees you, are you really there at all?"”
― A Monster Calls
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