Raising Stony Mayhall Quotes

“Junie hung around for a while, then announced she was going to another graduation party for some burnout named Tony. She still went to her youth group meetings, and she still wore a gold cross around her neck. But she also maintained a separate and nonoverlapping circle of friends, mostly big-haired seniors who partied hard, listened to heavy metal, and smoked pot. In the Venn diagram of her relationships, Junie was the point where the two circles met, the intersection of Jesus and Judas Priest.”
― Daryl Gregory, Raising Stony Mayhall

“The living dead are born out of the ground, but they rise in smoke.”
― Daryl Gregory, Raising Stony Mayhall

“For the first time in his life, Stony felt it. It ran like a hot wire, up from his spine, to the base of his skull. His mouth opened on its own.

He wanted to bite. He wanted to bite hard.”
― Daryl Gregory, Raising Stony Mayhall

“Perhaps that's a smile on Delia's face-but Delia's half skull turns every expression into a leer. She says, "Your uncle had a talent, kid. He made families wherever he went.”
― Daryl Gregory, Raising Stony Mayhall