Suffer the Children Quotes

“Often, there was no reason why bad things happened to good people, just a cause. Shit happened, and sometimes, it happened to you.”
― Craig DiLouie, Suffer the Children

“Dead is dead. Anything is better than dead.”
― Craig DiLouie, Suffer the Children

“Maybe Pastor Gary was right. Maybe God was a son of a bitch. Vindictive enough to kill the children, or callous enough to let them die.”
― Craig DiLouie, Suffer the Children

“Love is a powerful thing. So is hope. With love and hope, you can conquer anything. You can even conquer yourself. The worst in yourself. He knew that firsthand. He was a veteran of that kind of war.”
― Craig DiLouie, Suffer the Children

“The world was a dangerous place, but not here. Children were suffering in other parts of the world—everywhere there was poverty and famine and war—but not in this house. She returned to sleep with the knowledge her children were safe and sound, and nothing would ever harm them.”
― Craig DiLouie, Suffer the Children

“People thought life was a miracle, but it wasn’t. Life was everywhere. The miracle was knowing you were alive. Sentience. Mind. That was the rare, precious gift.”
― Craig DiLouie, Suffer the Children

“The truth of this world is people love you, and then they leave.”
― Craig DiLouie, Suffer the Children

“You have no idea. You don’t know what you have. You have your youth and you’re beautiful, but you’re hungry, and that hunger blinds you to what you already have. All those raging hormones, making every decision for you. You’re always hurting, but you’ve never been hurt. Not really. Later on, though, you’ll realize youth is truly wasted on the young.
Right now, you’re pretending you’re what, twenty-one? Later on, you’ll
want to be twenty-one again. Really, no matter what age you are—ten
or a hundred—you’ll want to be twenty-one.
And, just as when you were a little kid, you’ll demand your dignity
before you earn it.”
― Craig DiLouie, Suffer the Children

“An insane taxidermist’s gift to a grieving mother.”
― Craig DiLouie, Suffer the Children