Ralph Burton > Ralph's Quotes

“He had promised to love her until the tips of his fingers turned stiff and black but now, as they lay together in a tent somewhere in the Antarctic in the depths of winter, a blizzard raging outside, he was fast reconsidering.”
― Ralph Burton, Presence

“When they woke up the next morning, George always felt this fleeting sadistic disappointment they hadn’t died in each other’s arms the night before.”
― Ralph Burton, Presence

“Laid out in her sleeping bag, covered in snow, Carrie looked like an ice princess, but she also looked like her mother.”
― Ralph Burton, Presence

“It took five minutes for him to leave the campsite, and by the time he passed the gravesite where they had buried Mark, George had experienced second thoughts.”
― Ralph Burton, Presence

“The door revealed this room of cuddly toy bears all piled up in pyramids.”
― Ralph Burton, Presence

“Freddy, I’ve found this place. A magical, incredible place. Santa’s Grotto.”
― Ralph Burton, Presence

“A few minutes wasn’t good enough, apparently, for the Jack-in-the-boxes”
― Ralph Burton, Presence

“Either that, or he would end up strangling them all in their sleep.”
― Ralph Burton, Presence

“Icebergs, hundreds of them, lay awash in the great cold sea, and they were all crumbling, splintered, visibly and audibly breaking apart like gigantic mirrors.”
― Ralph Burton, Presence

“When Hans heard his father chasing away butterflies from his bedroom door, weeping as he did so, he knew it was his last day alive.”
― Ralph Burton, In Bloom

“Down the road, he could see butterflies streaming out from the forest and flying over the town sign which read in bright dripping black: BLAUME.”
― Ralph Burton, In Bloom

“They swayed and held each other as the butterflies went into a frenzy and, as the dawn crashed through the windows, they waited for the new day.”
― Ralph Burton, In Bloom

“(Author’s Note)
In the Fall of 1925, in the last days of the old-fashioned carnival, Tom Manson and his girlfriend Daisy disappeared in the woods, along with two circus” freaks”, and six of their friends.”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“What you are about to read is a retelling of that fateful night, when the trees around the carnival were said to be quivering…”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“She still had sugar smeared over her teeth so it looked all black, and when she turned to smile, it damn near frightened him.”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“STEP RIGHT UP NOW, AND DON’T BE SHY!’ he roared at another couple holding hands, strolling past. They backed away as his spit flew. ‘FOR YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE YOUR EYES!”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“Don’t let good old Jane worry you! She thinks she’s a Jane Austen character! Haha-ha! WHAT A FREAK!”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“Please, let me know the wi-fi signal!’ Her blue eyes flashed at Tom. ‘I’m not from this book. My name’s Alice! I’m lost! I need to find my friend, Juliet!”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“Please let me out of this cage! I’m so hungry! I’m so hungry! I want a McDonald’s!”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“And so the carnival was assailed by an evil that only a Freak, Alice Collins, could have predicted.”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“What was all that stuff about killer trees?’ he inquired, hardly able to believe himself saying such a thing.”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“My friends aren’t being eaten,’ he insisted.”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“What they found there were bicycles with glowing blue wheels.”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“I can’t believe we’re doing this,’ she said. ‘I can’t believe we’re trusting that girl you discovered in a Freakshow tent. The one that can cast blue fire from her hands.”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“The night-time woods Tom and the others drove through were alive with the gruesome sounds of other carnival guests being eaten alive.”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“What in the name of christ are we doing here?’ Lyle remarked. ‘This place isn’t safe at all! Look at these gigantic flowers and these, these TREES.”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“Far too many Alices,’ the caterpillar agreed.”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“With his parents out late at night, Michael had been halfway through practising Fur Elise when his piano bit him.”
― Ralph Burton, Night Music

“What happened was he went to put his finger on one of the keys, his hand lingering out, but then not only did the lid fall on that hand but there also came a nasty gnashing noise.”
― Ralph Burton, Night Music

“These were deep penetrative marks, swelling with blood; the results of teeth that might have been as long as those piano keys.”
― Ralph Burton, Night Music