“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
“Books were safer than other people anyway.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“. . . I lay on the bed and lost myself in the stories.
I liked that. Books were safer than other people anyway.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
I liked that. Books were safer than other people anyway.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“Don't you see? Those monsters you've been so worried about. Not aliens. People. The monsters have always been people.”
― Shades of Earth
― Shades of Earth
“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
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