The Haunting of Blackwood House Quotes

“C'mon. We can turn it into a fun game - What's Scarier, The Basement Or The Attic?”
― Darcy Coates, The Haunting of Blackwood House

“Mistakes make us human; don’t torture yourself over a choice you made four years ago. If you think you were wrong, make a plan to change what you can. Action is good. Choices are good. But guilt on its own never fixed anyone’s problem.”
― Darcy Coates, The Haunting of Blackwood House

“Then she looked at her phone and saw, to her horror, she hadn’t been hung up on after all. Her battery had died.”
― Darcy Coates, The Haunting of Blackwood House

“Beware the home that craves you, child. Your gift and your curse are the same. Beware the home that craves.”
― Darcy Coates, The Haunting of Blackwood House

“She didn’t have friends.”
― Darcy Coates, The Haunting of Blackwood House

“you think you were wrong, make a plan to change what you can. Action is good. Choices are good. But guilt on its own never fixed anyone’s problem.”
― Darcy Coates, The Haunting of Blackwood House

“fished out a long, serrated knife.”
― Darcy Coates, The Haunting of Blackwood House

“The metal scraped, and when the door opened inwards, Mara felt pulled forward like a morsel of food being sucked into a monstrous fish’s mouth.”
― Darcy Coates, The Haunting of Blackwood House

“using all four hands”
― Darcy Coates, The Haunting of Blackwood House

“Are we okay?” “I want us to be okay.” “Me too.”
― Darcy Coates, The Haunting of Blackwood House

“If you think you were wrong, make a plan to change what you can. Action is good. Choices are good. But guilt on its own never fixed anyone’s problem.”
― Darcy Coates, The Haunting of Blackwood House

“Everyone and everything that’s alive is sustained by energy. It’s what separates, say, a plant from a rock. When we die, our energy can sometimes be left behind—like a residue. With a strong enough energetic imprint, you get a ghost.”
― Darcy Coates, The Haunting of Blackwood House

“A splash of colour in the master-bedroom window caught her notice. It slid out of sight before Mara could train her torch on it, but she could have sworn she’d glimpsed sunken cheeks and crazed eyes set in a pale face.”
― Darcy Coates, The Haunting of Blackwood House

“He kissed her. It was a painfully sweet expression of so many emotions: fear, desire, remorse, relief, love.”
― Darcy Coates, The Haunting of Blackwood House

“Don’t you dare leave me ever again.”
― Darcy Coates, The Haunting of Blackwood House

“I know that voice. I know these arms. He came back. “Neil,”
― Darcy Coates, The Haunting of Blackwood House

“I’d give anything to have him back. Mara”
― Darcy Coates, The Haunting of Blackwood House

“Hate and love danced a violent tango inside of her. She wished he were dead. She wanted to see him smile again. She craved his suffering. She wanted him to hold her and kiss her and tell her everything was all right. All”
― Darcy Coates, The Haunting of Blackwood House

“My friends say you’re a bad influence. I’m starting to think they’re right.” “Pshh.”
― Darcy Coates, The Haunting of Blackwood House

“He met her halfway, and his hand curled around the back of her neck to hold her close.”
― Darcy Coates, The Haunting of Blackwood House

“His muscles bulged under his shirt, and there was something deliciously attractive about the way he stood, legs braced and head high,”
― Darcy Coates, The Haunting of Blackwood House

“Never leave me.”
― Darcy Coates, The Haunting of Blackwood House

“When I’m near you, I feel like I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be.” Mara”
― Darcy Coates, The Haunting of Blackwood House

“I love you,”
― Darcy Coates, The Haunting of Blackwood House

“I can’t leave Mum right now—” “Oh.”
― Darcy Coates, The Haunting of Blackwood House

“What level of personal are we talking about?" she mumbled. "I don't mind discussing my periods in graphic detail, but I'm probably going to stay quiet about the jar of fingernail clippings I carry with me at all times.”
― Darcy Coates, The Haunting of Blackwood House