Terry West > Terry's Quotes

“Robert Neville looked out over the new people of the earth. He knew he did not belong to them; he knew that, like the vampires, he was anathema and black terror to be destroyed. And, abruptly, the concept came, amusing to him even in his pain. ... Full circle. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend.”
― Richard Matheson, I Am Legend and Other Stories

“We are all a thought away from becoming a monster.”
― Terry M. West, What Price Gory?

“One needn’t understand the workings of a pistol to pull its trigger.”
― Terry M. West, Servant of the Red Quill: A Baker Johnson Tale

“I promise I won't eat you. Unless you die. If you die I'm going to eat you.”
― Terry M. West, Picaro: A Tale of EXTREME Horror

“He had searched for redemption under the bright dead moon, and he had come up empty-handed. Adam would die a thing that was alone and unloved. Just like that moon.”
― Terry M. West, CAR NEX

“We’re kind to the pigs and the chickens as well, mama. But then butchery comes and we prosper. It is the way of things.”
― Terry M. West, The Hairy Ones

“Energy never dies, Mr. Jackson,” the monster reminded Paul. “It just changes into something new.”
― Terry M. West, Put on a Happy Face

“Calvin stopped looking at the girl and he put on imaginary blinders. The girl was creeping him out, and he just couldn’t adjust to the queer vibe coming off of this little onlooker. Even with a meal and guidance out of this black hole to come, Calvin stressed fearfully. He thought of Lot’s wife, but looked again anyway. His head moved as if his chin was being tilted in that direction by invisible fingers.”
― Terry M. West, Midnight Snack: Drive Thru

“Lucas Glover was the name of the man standing at the doorway in the heat. And though most called him Luke, he answered to either. Still, he suddenly wished that his name was a different one entirely and that he was standing anywhere else at that particular moment.”
― Terry M. West, Dreg

“First loves seldom end up being last loves,”
― Terry M. West, Gruesome: A Gathering of Nightmares