The Cipher
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I had lived like a cockroach for so long that a full tank, a full refrigerator were no longer even desirable: I mean, what would I do with it all?
“And in sight of God and his Seven Martyrs,” the monster quoted, “I do here vow; Let the dark know my name and despair. So long as it burns, I am the flame. So long as it bleeds, I am the blade. So long as it sins, I am the saint. And I am silver.”
― Empire of the Vampire
― Empire of the Vampire
“What a freakin’ idiot,” Denny mutters, as the deputy fires again. “Does he not realize those bullets have to come down somewhere?” I ask. “He flunked physics.”
― Cemetery Road
― Cemetery Road
“They had not known, in their raucous rush toward the future, that the snakes were lying in wait not only in the holes but in the mowed green grass of the American Dream.”
― Gone South
― Gone South
“You always think you’d like it if the Twilight Zone came true. You can forget that shit.”
― The Cipher
― The Cipher
“My father swayed for two months till they cut his skeleton down and ground his bones to dust.”
― Red Rising
― Red Rising
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