Wraiths of the Broken Land Quotes

“Revenge is a fool’s obsession.”
― S. Craig Zahler, Wraiths of the Broken Land

“On an instinctual level,” Long Clay said, “a man fears torture and disfigurement more than he fears death. He can imagine what it’s like to be branded, because he’s burned himself; he can imagine what’s its like to be blind, because he’s been in a dark room stumbling into furniture; and if he’s ever had any pain in his privates, he can imagine what being castrated might feel like. “Death is very different to him, because it’s an unknown. The man might even believe it’s the beginning of some new type of existence—like those heaven fantasies your sister entertains.”
― S. Craig Zahler, Wraiths of the Broken Land

“Eyes that did not seem attached to anything rational stared out at the gentleman from a craggy canvas of inebriation, grief and hatred. In the leather holster that depended from John Lawrence Plugford’s waist sat a wide gauge sawed-off shotgun that had been covered with black paint. “Good morning,” Nathaniel said to the bestial face.”
― S. Craig Zahler, Wraiths of the Broken Land

“Why?"
"Because," Yvette replied, "if you don't keep going through the bad times, things will never get better.”
― S. Craig Zahler, Wraiths of the Broken Land

“Although he was certain that he would lose, he would do his best to land a few satisfying blows.”
― S. Craig Zahler, Wraiths of the Broken Land

“Humberto drank a deep draught of red wine and sighed at the concepts of fidelity and monogamy to which he was shackled. He would remain faithful to his wife for the remainder of his life, and he would never caress or be caressed by a new woman ever again.
There were many reasons to hope for an afterlife.”
― S. Craig Zahler, Wraiths of the Broken Land