“The joke was everything. That they’d been thrown into evil and discovered it was a land they could master.”
― Chain-Gang All-Stars
― Chain-Gang All-Stars
“From memory she would have said it was a regular crucifix with a demure little Jesus bravely taking his crucifixion like a trouper, his gaze downcast to signify that he although he wasn’t thrilled, he wouldn’t say anything if this was what everyone else wanted.”
― The Squared Circle: An Alumière Sisters' Adventure
― The Squared Circle: An Alumière Sisters' Adventure
“There’s little good in sedentary small towns. Mostly indifference spiced with an occasional vapid evil—or worse, a conscious one.”
― 'Salem's Lot
― 'Salem's Lot
“Language is an infinite resource. And if we learn it, if we use it – who are we stealing from?”
― Babel
― Babel
“There is a space in time when violence tears through from imagined to physical—and if that physical is met with more physical, then the violence can become both the vehicle and driver for all that comes after, and what has escaped can be incredibly difficult to contain.”
― Chain-Gang All-Stars
― Chain-Gang All-Stars
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