Mystery Walk Quotes

“There was lightning behind Mr. Sayre's eyes, and it was looking for a place to strike.”
― Robert R. McCammon, Mystery Walk

“The sharp white steeple of the Hawthorne First Baptist Church stuck up through the leafless trees like an admonishing finger.”
― Robert R. McCammon, Mystery Walk

“It seemed to Billy that no matter how far you walked, you never really got to the end of things.”
― Robert R. McCammon, Mystery Walk

“His hair was think and curly and reddish-brown, his eyes a clear ice blue; Ramona had told him many times that she could see the sky in them, clouds when he was angry and rain when he was sad. Now, if she had looked into his eyes closely enough, she might've seen the approaching storm.”
― Robert R. McCammon, Mystery Walk

“I think everybody has some eagle and some snake in them; they fight to pull your spirit high or drag it to the ground. The question is: which one do you let win, and at what price?”
― Robert R. McCammon, Mystery Walk

“Life and Death were part of the same puzzle, part of the same strange and miraculous process of growth.”
― Robert McCammon, Mystery Walk

“Some people can paint beautiful pictures, some can make sweet music, others work with their hands, and some with their wits; but in all people is the seed of talent, to do something of value in this world. And doing that—perfecting that talent, making the seed grow to good fruit—should be the aim of this life.”
― Robert R. McCammon, Mystery Walk