Where All the Dead Lie Quotes

“Rue not my death. Rejoice at my repose, It was no death to me but to my woes. The bud was opened to let out the rose. The chain was loosed to let the captive go.” —ROBERT SOUTHWELL ON MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS”
― J.T. Ellison, Where All the Dead Lie

“Her body said yes, her mind said absolutely not. Her heart, well, she was learning to ignore the bitch.”
― J.T. Ellison, Where All the Dead Lie

“Be silent in that solitude, Which is not loneliness—for then The spirits of the dead who stood In life before thee are again In death around thee—and their will Shall overshadow thee—be still.” SPIRITS OF THE DEAD —EDGAR ALLEN POE”
― J.T. Ellison, Where All the Dead Lie

“This was seduction at its highest—the simple act of memory. When someone remembers what you’ve said, has actually taken the time to listen and stow away the information for recall later, well, that was beyond flattery. That’s what a real relationship was about.”
― J.T. Ellison, Where All the Dead Lie

“The first flakes of snow began to fall as she got to the back entrance, dancing lightly in the air. She stopped to watch their intricate ballet. Now this, this was real. Abundant water vapor causing small particles of ice, too heavy to be contained in the clouds, to fall to the earth. Science. Incontrovertible evidence. But at one time, it must have seemed like magic.”
― J.T. Ellison, Where All the Dead Lie

“Women were strange creatures when it came to attraction, that much she knew. They got territorial, even with their male friends that they had no amorous intentions toward.”
― J.T. Ellison, Where All the Dead Lie

“She was better off with people who couldn’t talk back. There were no awkward moments with the lifeless. No worry about how they perceived her.”
― J.T. Ellison, Where All the Dead Lie

“The romantics of growing old with someone were shattered by the realities of the flesh incrementally dying.”
― J.T. Ellison, Where All the Dead Lie

“She was getting tired of people telling her she was all right. Obviously she wasn’t. She was far from all right. She was broken.”
― J.T. Ellison, Where All the Dead Lie

“Like a broken gong be still, be silent. Know the stillness of freedom where there is no more striving.” —THE BUDDHA”
― J.T. Ellison, Where All the Dead Lie

“Nightfall signaled her brain to collapse in on itself, to allow the doubt and pain to rule.”
― J.T. Ellison, Where All the Dead Lie

“I don’t believe in ghosts,” Taylor said. “Of course you don’t. You’re American. Lacking in imagination.”
― J.T. Ellison, Where All the Dead Lie

“Fantasy could easily turn into obsession.”
― J.T. Ellison, Where All the Dead Lie

“Now she was only half a woman, half herself. A crazy little girl shut up in a castle, too tired to play princess anymore.”
― J.T. Ellison, Where All the Dead Lie

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― J.T. Ellison, Where All the Dead Lie