Kathleen > Kathleen's Quotes

“A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation... A book is not only a friend, it makes friends for you. When you have possessed a book with mind and spirit, you are enriched. But when you pass it on you are enriched threefold.”
― Henry Miller, The Books in My Life

“The air held the sweet night like a sponge.”
― Norman Partridge, Johnny Halloween: Tales of the Dark Season

“Fire tore up his throat and ran down his spine like lightning before exploding in his brain in a cascade of white sparkling lights.”
― Alma Katsu, The Wehrwolf

“Over dinner, she’ll keep me up to speed with who she’s seen and what they’re up to, but does she ever long to be among them? Watching isn’t living, is it?”
― John Marrs, What Lies Between Us

“I hate it when people pity the life they assume I lead. And it’s not like it isn’t pitiful . . . just not for the reasons they assume.”
― John Marrs, What Lies Between Us

“I don’t know what that woman has lost to end up trapped in the life she lives now, but I know how it feels to have your world thrown from its axis through no fault of your own.”
― John Marrs, What Lies Between Us

“Imagine that, living a life without love for all these intervening years.”
― John Marrs, What Lies Between Us

“I’ve been painting on my own smile for most of my adult life.”
― John Marrs, What Lies Between Us

“A familiar detachment. We remain like two scorpions, each circling one another, poisonous tails aloft and waiting for the other to strike first.”
― John Marrs, What Lies Between Us

“Sometimes days can pass and I realise I haven’t had a proper conversation in almost a week.”
― John Marrs, The Good Samaritan

“For the briefest of moments, I could see myself becoming like her, surrounded by people but so desperately alone, too set in her ways to take a risk. It scared me to death.”
― John Marrs, The Good Samaritan

“If I wasn’t crying, I was numb. If I wasn’t numb, I was suffocating. If I wasn’t suffocating, I was crying. And so on and so on. A never-ending circle of shittery.”
― John Marrs, The Good Samaritan

“With his brown chinos, white jacket and red hair he resembled a raspberry ice cream.”
― John Marrs, The Good Samaritan

“When a person is breathing their last, everything they have done in their life, every success or failure they have ever enjoyed or suffered, no longer matters because we are all equal. Good or bad, saint or sinner, you or me, one day we will all be on a level playing field.”
― John Marrs, The Good Samaritan

“full of dolls with babyfingers for eyes”
― Kealan Patrick Burke, Blanky

“Whenever I pick up a book, it’s like an escape. For an hour or two, I get to be part of the book world instead of my own much more boring world.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“There are a bunch of mugs lined up by the sink. I pick up one that says “If you’re happy and you know it, thank your meds.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“I may have lost my mind for a time, but grief makes everyone crazy.”
― Kealan Patrick Burke, Blanky

“Aye, you must fight dirty for your enemies will fight dirtier. There is no honor in battle. Never let your enemy get to their feet, never stop hitting even if your enemy is down, that is the way of a barbarian.”
― Trinity Zook, Grandma the Barbarian

“There was never enough money.”
― Cynthia Pelayo, Lotería

“And frankly, I don’t give a shit.”
― John Marrs, The Stranger in Her House

“I shake my head until the memories of old me disperse like dandelion heads in the breeze.”
― John Marrs, The Stranger in Her House

“And he sent it to you and that’s what got him killed. It’s why Paul cut his tongue out.’ I hesitate before I ask my next question, unsure if I want to know the answer. ‘Krisha, did he die before or after it was removed?”
― John Marrs, The Stranger in Her House

“Please help me,’ I shout, ‘I’m locked in the toilet and someone is trying to get to me.”
― John Marrs, The Stranger in Her House

“Meanwhile, I can’t pile on enough hoodies to become sexless, invisible. To me, male attention always has an undercurrent of malice, a reminder we’re under their thumb.”
― Andrea Bartz, The Other Side of the Road

“They all had the eyes of police officers—patient and observant, but not optimistic, as though they expected everyone they met to do something disappointing very soon.”
― Thomas Perry, The Book of the Lion

“Other women your age play cards, bridge. You play solitaire. A little less every year, every week, but it never ends, the wonder.”
― Caroline Kepnes, The Bad Friend

“You’re not here. You’re in hell. “I’m here.”
― Caroline Kepnes, The Bad Friend

“A whole day like every other day. No plan except to keep waking up in the morning, going to bed at night. She’s getting back on her feet, she’ll tell anyone who asks. But sometimes it’s a challenge just to get out of bed.”
― Ivy Pochoda, Jackrabbit Skin

“Paper! You goddamned idiot! How many times do I have to tell you? Fucking paper!”
― Michael Shotter, Paper or Plastic?