Torn Pages Orpheus Quotes

“Far too many Alices,’ the caterpillar agreed.”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“What in the name of christ are we doing here?’ Lyle remarked. ‘This place isn’t safe at all! Look at these gigantic flowers and these, these TREES.”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“The night-time woods Tom and the others drove through were alive with the gruesome sounds of other carnival guests being eaten alive.”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“I can’t believe we’re doing this,’ she said. ‘I can’t believe we’re trusting that girl you discovered in a Freakshow tent. The one that can cast blue fire from her hands.”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“What they found there were bicycles with glowing blue wheels.”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“My friends aren’t being eaten,’ he insisted.”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“What was all that stuff about killer trees?’ he inquired, hardly able to believe himself saying such a thing.”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“And so the carnival was assailed by an evil that only a Freak, Alice Collins, could have predicted.”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“Please let me out of this cage! I’m so hungry! I’m so hungry! I want a McDonald’s!”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“Please, let me know the wi-fi signal!’ Her blue eyes flashed at Tom. ‘I’m not from this book. My name’s Alice! I’m lost! I need to find my friend, Juliet!”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“Don’t let good old Jane worry you! She thinks she’s a Jane Austen character! Haha-ha! WHAT A FREAK!”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“STEP RIGHT UP NOW, AND DON’T BE SHY!’ he roared at another couple holding hands, strolling past. They backed away as his spit flew. ‘FOR YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE YOUR EYES!”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“She still had sugar smeared over her teeth so it looked all black, and when she turned to smile, it damn near frightened him.”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“What you are about to read is a retelling of that fateful night, when the trees around the carnival were said to be quivering…”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus

“(Author’s Note)
In the Fall of 1925, in the last days of the old-fashioned carnival, Tom Manson and his girlfriend Daisy disappeared in the woods, along with two circus” freaks”, and six of their friends.”
― Ralph Burton, Torn Pages Orpheus