Rotters Quotes

“Darkness is a defining characteristic of Rotters. But it’s worthy to remember that darkness is just that—it’s dark—and what is being concealed in the dark is not just the horrible and fearsome, it’s also the inspirational and moving. Horror means nothing without happiness; dark means nothing without light. Rotters may make you feel scared, but hopefully it will also make you simply feel. It’s that kind of book, or at least I hope it is.”
― Daniel Kraus, Rotters

“My hard parts softened; my soft parts hardened.”
― Daniel Kraus, Rotters

“I began to think that my mother’s final act had been something inspired. North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa: by giving me to Harnett, she had released me from our shared reclusion, and now each state I passed through became my home, because home was anywhere with grass and dirt and stone, and my compatriots, my family, were those who waited beneath to greet me.”
― Daniel Kraus, Rotters

“Shakespeare, he said, condemned his characters to death by suicide thirteen times in his plays, and if it was good enough for him, and good enough for your Jesus, then it's hardly worth getting so riled up about, is it?”
― Daniel Kraus, Rotters

“Such a shovel, it seemed a waste not to use it.”
― Daniel Kraus, Rotters