quotes by Toby Barlow

"And were you cornered by her,
eye to eye,
you would see that
there are still some watchful creatures
whose essence lies unbound by words.
There is still a wilderness."
— Toby Barlow (Sharp Teeth)

"he knows that it's impossible to tell a wolf
from a man if
he keeps his chin up
and his teeth clean."
— Toby Barlow (Sharp Teeth)

"The heart is a bloody thing. "
— Toby Barlow

"Some things don't pass, the injuries don't heal they merely find a place in our guts and in our bones where they fitfully rest, tossing and turning between our knuckles and ribs waiting to wake as the shadows grow long."
— Toby Barlow (Sharp Teeth)

"Yes, liquor is the thin white coat of paint you wash over the cracks in your foundation. Makes any rotten house livable for a few hours. Sometimes days."
— Toby Barlow

"Days grow hotter and life grows shorter.

Time is somehow running out.

She flips her pillow

so she won't have to sleep on her tears."
— Toby Barlow

"Like so much of the trouble in the world
it ends simply with exhaustion."
— Toby Barlow (Sharp Teeth)