Dead Ends Quotes

“The creeping perversion took hold of the little girl in its prickling clutches, then raised her high off the floor.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Dead Ends

“It rises from the funeral pyre of rubble, ash and scorched memories to stare Max in the eyeballs, stand right over him in his lonely bed and whisper a hissing, fire-branding warning in his dreams, ‘Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust…’ over and over again, so close to his face he can feel the heat emanating from the fiery lick of its crispy tongue. Fireman is trying to tell him something he already knows, but Max doesn’t know it yet. Wake up, damn you! It’s staring you in the face…”
― Jonathan Dunne, Dead Ends

“The driver commandeered the taxi through the streets with a complete disregard for traffic lights; their colours were there to make them pretty.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Dead Ends

“By now, she knew there was something very wrong with Baby Starkweather, but Shelly pledged she would save the oddity’s life; she wasn’t prepared to lose her sister and her sister’s baby. She just wanted to bring the infant back from the dead, that’s all, then Shelly would face whatever she needed to face in life.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Dead Ends

“The wriggling child suspended in the roof beams looked like modern art to the multi-limbed admiring monstrosity.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Dead Ends

“Kelly Monroe was the phantom itch on the amputated limb; she did and didn’t exist.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Dead Ends

“It was only a few weeks ago when they were here with Kelly, standing at this very spot, laughing their heads off at nothing, unaware of how sweet life was and how sour it was about to become.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Dead Ends

“It rises from the funeral pyre of rubble, ash and scorched memories to stare Max in the eyeballs, stand right over him in his lonely bed and whisper a hissing, fire-branding warning in his dreams, ‘Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust…’ over and over again, so close to his face he can feel the heat emanating from the fiery lick of its tongue. Fireman is trying to tell him something he already knows, but Max doesn’t know it yet. Wake up, damn you! It’s staring you in the face…”
― Jonathan Dunne, Dead Ends

“It rises from the funeral pyre of rubble, ash, and scorched memories to stare Max in the eyeballs, stand right over him in his lonely bed and whisper a hissing, fire-branding warning in his dreams, ‘Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust…’ over and over again, so close to his face he can feel the heat emanating from the fiery lick of its tongue. Fireman is trying to tell him something he already knows, but Max doesn’t know it yet. Wake up, damn you! It’s staring you in the face…”
― Jonathan Dunne, Dead Ends

“You know it’s no illusion. You’ve smelt burning flesh before, Maximilian. The sweet aroma is a sour stomach-turner and those rich overtones of tanning leather are seeping into your face mask.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Dead Ends

“Daddy was a glitch in the spiderwebbing fabric of this nightmare.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Dead Ends

“No, wait...the eyes. The eyes are dead! The windows to Brendan's soul have been boarded up.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Dead Ends

“Equipped with this mortal knowledge, Shelly Starkweather put her immortal plan into action.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Dead Ends

“The curtain is coming down on this horror show I brought upon myself.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Dead Ends

“Don’t you worry your pretty little head about that. We have certain privileges around here. We can open doors where there are no doors.”
― Jonathan Dunne, Dead Ends