Shawn Thornton

“Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep—it can't be done abruptly.”
― Colm Tóibín

“What a terrible time to find out how good life can be, I thought. And how good to find out anyway.”
― Jack Ketchum, Hide and Seek

“There's something horribly unfair about dying in the middle of a good story, before you have a chance to see how it all comes out. Of course, I suppose everyone ALWAYS dies in the middle of a good story, in a sense. Your own story. Or the story of your grandchildren. Death is a raw deal for narrative junkies.”
― Joe Hill, The Fireman

“Harper Grayson had seen lots of people burn on TV, everyone had, but the first person she saw burn for real was in the playground behind the school. Schools”
― Joe Hill, The Fireman