Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper Quotes

“Some people just find denial more attractive than adjusting their beliefs to new information.”
― J.L. Bryan, Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper

“Sweet," Stacey said. "Well, let's go check out the dark basement of the abandoned insane asylum. Nothing could possibly go wrong down there.”
― J.L. Bryan, Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper

“Ugh." Stacey covered her nose as she swooped her light around the room. "Smells like a possum died in here. And a skunk, too. Maybe it was a murder-suicide.”
― J.L. Bryan, Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper

“I said she looked dead," Lexa said, her eyes lifting to stare into mine. "She looked rotten.”
― J.L. Bryan, Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper

“Why do ghosts wrap themselves in bedsheets?" Stacey asked. "They don't do that. Why would you even think--?" "So they can rest in peace." Stacey beamed, then her smile faltered a little. "That's a joke." "No, jokes make you laugh." "That”
― J.L. Bryan, Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper

“A flashlight is a ghost trapper's sidearm. Seriously. You can chase a lot of nasties away with a solid blast of bright white. It doesn't hurt them, but it can bother them enough to make them slip off in search of darker pastures. A strong bright light interferes with the ghosts' electrical fields, making it harder for them to focus when they want to claw at you or throw dishes at your head. This is probably why ghosts prefer to do their haunting and harassing at night.”
― J.L. Bryan, Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper

“The bar looked like a place where meth-addicted rats went to die.”
― J.L. Bryan, Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper

“We pulled into the parking lot of the bar, which looked like a repurposed Pizza Hut, with brick walls and a flaking red roof. A few motorcycles sat outside, along with more than one dingy pick-up truck decorated with the Confederate flag. The bar looked like a place where meth-addicted rats went to die.”
― J.L. Bryan, Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper

“The murmuring grew louder. Shapes formed in the air around me, like simple, transparent faces stretched into exaggerated frowns. They”
― J.L. Bryan, Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper

“Why do ghosts wear clothes?" Stacey asked as we drove toward the possibly-haunted house. Stacey”
― J.L. Bryan, Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper

“I don't know, Stacey," I said, trying not to sigh. "You tell me why ghosts wear clothes." "I'm”
― J.L. Bryan, Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper

“Some people just find denial more attractive than adjusting their beliefs to new information. I”
― J.L. Bryan, Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper

“What's up?" Stacey leaned through the doorway above, looking down at me while pointing her flashlights in the opposite direction. She looked pretty pale and terrified, which is the proper reaction to trying to stave off a horde of attacking ghosts.”
― J.L. Bryan, Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper

“Far too much Taylor Swift was heard that day.”
― J.L. Bryan, Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper

“Things I would rather do than get possessed by a ghost include eating a bucket of live leeches, swimming in piranha-filled waters while bleeding from a dozen cuts, and sticking my head into the mouth of a hungry, hungry hippo.”
― J.L. Bryan, Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper

“Now let's go kick some supernatural ass.”
― J.L. Bryan, Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper

“Joke-ruiner," Stacey said. We drove north and west, away from the city center. The Treadwell house was in an odd area of town, upriver, near empty brick warehouses and a few old factory shells dating back more than a hundred years. The nearest residential neighborhood was a row of decrepit bungalows on narrow, weedy lots, some of them clearly abandoned or foreclosed. They'd probably been inhabited by factory and dock workers”
― J.L. Bryan, Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper

“Holy...mother of...cows," Stacey panted, holstering her flashlight as she looked back at the sprawling old hospital. "Let's never go in there again.”
― J.L. Bryan, Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper