Dennis Cooper

“When I was younger and ran free in the forest, a hunter caught my mate and stunned him with a blow and locked him in a cage. I went to the place in the broad white of the spring moon; near to the hunter's fire I went, near enough to hear his man's breathing and see the flamelight catch on the knife in his hand. I gnawed through the bars of the cage and dragged at my mate, and half carried him as I would carry a cub, away into the trees. My paws were sore, I lost a tooth, my back pained me and I was afraid, but I never thought I could do otherwise. That is what love is.”
― Tanith Lee, Volkhavaar

“Good music always defeats bad luck.”
― Jack Vance

“I forgive nothing. If you stole my orange crayon in the fifth grade, you're still on my hit list, buddy.”
― Jonathan Carroll, Bones of the Moon

“We all float down here!”
― Stephen King, It