Seed Quotes

“Even he knew that if demons could exist, it meant there was real evil in the world, and if you believed in the devil, somewhere in the deepest fibers of your being you had to believe in God.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“You can’t make people go to your funeral,” Abby said. “They only go if they feel like it.” “They’ll feel like it.” Charlie pulled on a multicolored sock. “I’m gonna be buried in the sandbox next to the monkey bars. They’ll have to go because it’ll be during recess.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“But that was how the devil worked, making his appearance when you least expected it.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“I’ve never seen any miracles,” Reagan said, “but I sure as hell have seen my share of darkness. Does God exist? I don’t know. But I kind of hope he does. Because if he doesn’t? We’re probably fucked.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“Everyone, it seemed, whether a hardened criminal or a father of two, wanted to find some semblance of peace before exhaling a final breath.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“Don’t listen to him.” Mabel waved a hand in disregard. “He’s gone and lost his mind since the last time you paid us a visit. All his marbles fell out; rolled under the tables and counters, and he’s too old to bend down and find them.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“It was you, it was me, it was us, it was we.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“Even he knew that if demons could exist, it meant there was real evil in the world, and if you believed in the devil, somewhere in the deepest fibers of your being you had to believe in God. He knew, firsthand, that the devil was real; he’d seen it with his own two eyes. But he’d never seen God. He’d never felt God. He’d never been helped by God. For all he knew, wickedness was strong enough to exist in a world without good.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“You hold up a cross to protect yourself from Satan and he laughs in your face; you serve a vampire a roasted garlic appetizer and he comes back for seconds...on your neck. If this were Hollywood, the priest would be the culprit. He’d turn to his congregation, hold out his arms as if to embrace them, and smile a demon’s smile before pulling them all down to hell.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“At what point do parents back away from something they love more than their own lives, put up their hands, and admit defeat?”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“People always think they’ve got to be riskin’ something to get to the end of the story. But let me tell ya: it’s your story. The end of the story is gonna get ya whether you want it to er not. You think you gotta go chase fate? Fate is chasin’ you, chief.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“She knew there was only one way to get rid of the prickle that had burrowed into her heart: get up, stand over her sister again. Stand over her and wait until she stopped breathing.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“Jack was half-gone, his soul being eaten away by the darkness of his past.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“I saw it, Daddy,” she told him, lowering her voice so her mom wouldn’t hear. “I saw it before the lights went out. I saw it just like you.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“It was nice and quaint and humble and had that air of classic Southern hospitality, but it wasn’t the type of place where you wanted to spend your whole life unless your whole life was already behind you.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“Abby wailed like a Greek at a funeral.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“Strutting into the wrong church with your nose in the air could get you crucified.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“Nubs?” the doctor asked. “It’s okay,” Charlie said. “He’s our dog. He isn’t a person or anything.” “I would hope not.” “Sometimes he eats his own poop,” Charlie explained.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“He wore eyeliner and gauged his ears and bought intentionally offensive t-shirts off the internet, which he would then wear to the shop, betting Jack that today was the day he’d get punched in the mouth by a swamper.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“The craziest of them all seem nice and normal and happy until some vital part of their brain fries like bad wiring.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“She’d lose her mind or run away, unable to take it anymore, and Jack would be left alone. But never really alone, that voice reassured him. I’ve always been here, and I’ll never leave.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“kids who were typically angelic could turn on a dime into tiny monsters.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“She’d given up on Les Misérables and picked up The Stand—another book she’d been trudging through for what seemed like the entirety of their marriage. “You’re still reading that?” Jack asked. Aimee flipped the book over, a finger hooked between the pages to keep her place, and studied the cover. She had had it so long that the corners had rounded and softened. “It probably makes me some sort of tasteless idiot,” she said, “but I can’t get into it.” “But you keep trying.” “It’s King,” she said. “Anybody who’s anybody has read this.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“I’ll do what I want with you,” she hissed. “And I’ll take your family too.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“He’s here to play,” she told him. “He said you never finished the game.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“For all he knew, wickedness was strong enough to exist in a world without good.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“But he’d never seen God. He’d never felt God. He’d never been helped by God. For all he knew, wickedness was strong enough to exist in a world without good.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“He would never tell her because he’d never be allowed.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“Here, the tables were turned.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed

“I ain’t never seen anyone, not anyone outrun the devil.”
― Ania Ahlborn, Seed