Museum of the Weird Quotes

“Cancer is funniest when discussed over breakfast.”
― Amelia Gray, Museum of the Weird

“[Olive’s] left foot was bleeding through a wide swath of bandages onto the tarp it was resting on. The bowl next to her was full of blood.
Olive looked a little pale. “I don’t think I should move,” she said.
“What are you doing?” Roger shut the door behind him and stood with his back to it.
“I decided I might try to eat my toes,” Olive said, closing her eyes. “But now that I’ve started, I don’t think I should move.”
Roger pushed himself off the wall and knelt down next to her. He unbuckled her silver belt and reached with it under her dress. He looped the belt around the top of her leg and tightened it. His hands were not shaking.
“Sit on the loose end,” he said, pushing it under her. “I hope that works.”
“You brought flowers,” she said, blinking.
“Olive,” he said. “You cut off your toes.”
She looked down at the bowl. “Are they still toes?” she asked.”
― Amelia Gray, Museum of the Weird

“They don't understand it. They're not old enough to know the first instinct of irritation should be avoided in order to keep an open mind.”
― Amelia Gray, Museum of the Weird

“Pig to pork,' Olive said. 'When does the change happen? At death, it's a dead pig. At the market, it's a pork product. But when does the grand transformation take place?”
― Amelia Gray, Museum of the Weird

“All the doors are locked, the windows are bolted, and I have a chair propped against the front door. Just in case God's watching and he wants to make it personal.”
― Amelia Gray, Museum of the Weird

“That's illegal,' I say.

'I reject law,' she says. 'This fountain has no laws.'

'What about gravity?'

'That's just a good idea.”
― Amelia Gray, Museum of the Weird

“The importance of visiting the Boyhood Home of Former President Ronald Reagan to your personal life is clear and unchallenged. Touring the Home will give you a powerful feeling: You will realize that, though none of us are destined for the greatness that awaited 9-year-old Ronald Reagan, we all have a manner of greatness within us, untapped perhaps for many years, but held there in the heart, like a secret.”
― Amelia Gray, Museum of the Weird