“Maybe whoever, or whatever, is running the show isn’t so nice. Maybe he’s evil, or mad, or bored, disinterested. Maybe we’ve got everything completely wrong, everything, and if we could look through the mask, what we’d see would destroy us.”
― The Fisherman
― The Fisherman
“Besides, you know another word for unique? Crazy. I hate that word. As far as I’m concerned, it’s the worst word you can call a woman. No other C-word comes close.”
― Mary: An Awakening of Terror
― Mary: An Awakening of Terror
“Oh yeah I'm always scared of stuff. You get to a certain age and they stop calling it scared and start calling it anxiety.”
― When the Wolf Comes Home
― When the Wolf Comes Home
“But, more than that, my mom knew the value of horror as a genre. She knew there were distinct benefits to be gained by spending time with our fears, getting to know them personally.”
― Mary: An Awakening of Terror
― Mary: An Awakening of Terror
“Boys get to keep that confidence [as they age], I think; girls have to give it back like it never really belonged to them.”
― Mary
― Mary
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