“I used to think it was vital to know things, to feel safe in the learning and recounting of facts. I used to think it was possible to know enough to escape from the panic of not knowing, but I realise now that you can never learn enough to protect yourself, not really.”
― Our Wives Under the Sea
― Our Wives Under the Sea
“A person’s never too old for stories. Man and boy, girl and woman, we live for them. - Roland Deschain”
― The Wind Through the Keyhole
― The Wind Through the Keyhole
“Chicago happened slowly, like a migraine. First they were driving through countryside, then, imperceptibly, the occasional town became a low suburban sprawl, and the sprawl became the city.”
― American Gods
― American Gods
“He said that men believe the blood of the slain to be of no consequence but that the wolf knows better. He said that the wolf is a being of great order and that it knows what men do not: that there is no order in this world save that which death has put there.”
― The Crossing
― The Crossing
“What danger signs should patients watch for when selecting a skeleton doctor? Well, if the doctor refers to patients as “poor unlucky bastards,” be careful. Also, doctors who turn abandoned mental institutions into their own private research facilities are probably up to no good. Especially when the entrance to said clinic is “an underground passageway behind the morgue.” Most important, just remember that whenever a skeleton does science, innocent people wind up getting hurt.”
― Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction
― Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction
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