The Haunted Life of Matilda Harley Quotes

“He is come with Cindy. Somehow, he has convinced her he is a straight so he can punch on your head and make overpasses at me.” Roshan shivers and sticks out his tongue in feigned disgust. Wynn picks up his donut and looks it over before stealing another bite.
“It’s punch down, babe. He’s saying he’s going to punch down on me. Implying that his corporeal existence is above mine. Which would be funny if it didn’t feel true.” Wynn sinks his teeth into the donut, sighing heavily, and Roshan tries to smile encouragingly from his thrift store a seaboard away.”
― Zofia Warwick, The Haunted Life of Matilda Harley: A Documentary (Part One): But Actually, A Novel

“Do we need to discuss this on camera?” she demands. Wynn, already hot under the collar for reasons completely related to wearing a motorcycle jacket in the endless heat of the American southwest, sounds uncomfortable.
“Maybe?” he offers.”
― Zofia Warwick, The Haunted Life of Matilda Harley: A Documentary (Part One): But Actually, A Novel

“That car is the color of a faded quinceañera ribbon in a small highland town in Mexico. Which makes it sound far more romantic a color than it actually is,” Roland intones damningly with a nod. The car remains unassuming, vaguely like a rotten chicken egg in the background, if rotted chicken eggs came with ‘Wash me!’ written faintly across the rear window and Vancouver Canuck vanity plates.”
― Zofia Warwick, The Haunted Life of Matilda Harley: A Documentary (Part One): But Actually, A Novel