“Oh, monsters are scared," said Lettie. "That's why they're monsters.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“Nobody looks like what they really are on the inside. You don’t. I don’t. People are much more complicated than that. It’s true of everybody.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“As we age, we become our parents; live long enough and we see faces repeat in time.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“I was a normal child. Which is to say, I was selfish and I was not entirely convinced of the existence of things that were not me, and I was certain, rock-solid, unshakeably certain, that I was the most important thing in creation. There was nothing that was more important to me than I was.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“Adults should not weep, I knew. They did not have mothers who would comfort them.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
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