The Fallen Boys Quotes

“But lurking behind every summer was a fall just waiting to happen.”
― Aaron Dries, The Fallen Boys

“Behind every summer is a fall just waiting to happen.”
― Aaron Dries, The Fallen Boys

“Darkness fell, gathering sin.”
― Aaron Dries, The Fallen Boys

“Sin is like mold—the longer it lives, the blacker it becomes. And spores can’t be avoided. Never.”
― Aaron Dries, The Fallen Boys

“There's no sadder sight than that of a child's coffin.”
― Aaron Dries, The Fallen Boys

“I'm waltzing with the wrecking ball
'Cause this ain't my home anymore.”
― Aaron Dries, The Fallen Boys

“Claire knew school was hard for him, that his classmates could be cruel. But wasn’t that cruelty part of the package? The challenge was to fight through it and emerge tougher on the other side. She didn’t want to tell him what all parents knew yet never voiced: You’ve just got to get through this, ’cause it only gets harder the older you get. Adolescence was nearsighted. Her attempts at explaining that the rough patches would fade and all he aspired to be would come true given time fell on deaf ears.”
― Aaron Dries, The Fallen Boys

“Got me a wayward girl, cute as a bee. See-sawin’ across the universe and ending up with me…”
― Aaron Dries, The Fallen Boys

“Marshall wished he knew what to call her, wished he could memorialize her somehow. There was dignity in eulogies, in little ribbons tied to trees, in a name.”
― Aaron Dries, The Fallen Boys

“Yes, this was a haunted place. He had read
about certain materials absorbing the sounds of their surroundings like divots in a vinyl recording, and now, as the sun started to dip below the horizon, this concept chilled him more than the creeping cold. Put a needle to the mortar of these walls and listen to the screams. His own would be among them.”
― Aaron Dries, The Fallen Boys

“We're nothing. We're dust.”
― Aaron Dries, The Fallen Boys

“Starke entered his house a detective, slipped off his shoes and became a husband and father. It was five in the morning. The world was blue. He went to the refrigerator and opened the door, looking for answers to mysteries he would never comprehend. So he closed it and settled for water instead.”
― Aaron Dries, The Fallen Boys