Shawn Thornton

“The life he’d known now seemed capable of multiple, even infinite shatterings.”
― Jack Ketchum, Red

“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

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