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The Night Parade The Night Parade by Ronald Malfi
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“He returned her smile with one of his own. It felt like it might crack his skull. “I sure did,” he said, pawing at his eyes.”
Ronald Malfi, The Night Parade
“David wondered if this was how the world ended—in disease among a plague of insects. It wasn’t just that the birds had disappeared; it was that the insects had begun to take over. Wasn’t there something in the Bible about that?”
Ronald Malfi, The Night Parade
“Mall shootings, school shootings, passenger jets blown out of the sky or slammin’ into skyscrapers, those animals in the Middle East choppin’ off heads and lobbing bombs at each other since the dawn of time—what we’re doing now is paying the piper,” Turk said. “Bill’s come due. It’s come down to the individual to confront his or her own sins, and to either make amends and appeal to God, or to go down with the rest of the lot in a crowd of screaming lunatics.”
Ronald Malfi, The Night Parade
“Something like this, a man can’t help but fall back on his faith. And you know what I figure? I figure this is the rapture. This is our penance. This is the final plague. We’re talking real-life book of Revelation shit, my friend.”
Ronald Malfi, The Night Parade
“when you become a parent, you become a secondary character in the story of your own life.”
Ronald Malfi, The Night Parade
“Your mom and I called it the Night Parade—all those little toy figurines marching across the floor, keeping watch over us while we slept. Protecting us.”
Ronald Malfi, The Night Parade
“Weißt du, es ist kein Zufall, dass wir in den letzten eineinhalb Jahren den Kontakt zueinander verloren haben. Es ist einfacher, sich davon zu überzeugen, dass es einem nichts ausmacht, dass die Welt stirbt, als wenn man ständig Kontakt mit geliebten Menschen hat, die zusammen mit dem Rest sterben werden.”
Ronald Malfi, The Night Parade
“»Ich bin so eine Art Gärtner geworden. Ein paar der besten Persönlichkeiten, die ich kenne, sind Pflanzen.«”
Ronald Malfi, The Night Parade
“Marlen Zyla:
„»Darf ich etwas gestehen?«
»Klar.«
Auf die Gefahr hin, dass ich meinen Männerführerschein abgeben muss, und trotz der Tatsache, dass ich meinen Lebensunterhalt mit diesem riesigen Sattelschlepper da hinten verdiene, verstehe ich einen Scheiß von Autos.”
Ronald Malfi, The Night Parade