Hollow Quotes

“Memories of the first time he’d heard DeFranchesca’s small church choir could still make him cry now, and if he spent too long thinking about how Palestrina had sounded in his first experience with the priest’s iPod, this leap was going to end in a hug rather than the required violence.”
― Lee Doty, Hollow

“The world is full of wolves and sheep. There is nothing evil about the wolf when it kills, it is just being what it was made to be.” She paused. “But there is nothing inherently good or superior about the sheep because it doesn’t kill… it too is being what it was made to be.”
― Lee Doty, Hollow

“He snorted and nodded. “Strangely, commitment cannot be discovered while looking at it.”
― Lee Doty, Hollow

“Hawkins lost the grip on his mouth and barked out between peals of laughter, “I think… I think he… I think he’s breaching our… research installation… to find out… oh help me Jesus! …to find out where… where babies come from!!”
― Lee Doty, Hollow

“The dragon seemed to be struck with a sudden inspiration, “Do you know of children.” “Yes…” Smith said uncertainly, “I’ve heard of them.” “Do you have children?” he asked, voice flat. She shook her head slightly, “I never married.” “Married?” he asked. “Yes. I never met the right man.” “For what?” He asked, still no irony detectable. “To get married and have children.” “You get married to have children?” “Most people do.” Smith glanced sideways at Hawkins, he looked as dumbfounded as she was trying not to look. He muted the microphone, “You are not about to have a birds-and-bees talk with this dragon, are you?” He unmated the microphone. To the dragon, Smith said, “Yes. When a man and a woman love each other, they get married. They start a family, they make children.” “They make children?” the Dragon said, incredulous. “Sweet baby Jesus,” Hawkins muttered, “you are!”
― Lee Doty, Hollow

“No, her real first thought since before she entered the stairwell to the train station was, “WHERE DID I GET A GUN?!???!” only with more emphatic mental punctuation.”
― Lee Doty, Hollow

“She wondered if this was ‘normal’, but then the road struck her arm-back-arm-air-shoulder-back-thigh-feet-butt-back-air-feet and her cheap tennis shoes skidded to a stop. She stood, slightly crouched and completely shocked, at the edge of the road. Her intuition again informed her that this likely wasn’t a ‘normal’ outcome.”
― Lee Doty, Hollow

“Too much paperwork, she began the mental mantra, too much paperwork, breathe in slowly, too much paperwork, breathe out.”
― Lee Doty, Hollow