Children of the Dark Quotes

“watched after her sourly and considered correcting her grammar—it wasn’t could care less, it was couldn’t care less. It was an error that always irked me.”
― Jonathan Janz, Children of the Dark

“Nobody cared if you plagiarized in the third grade. All”
― Jonathan Janz, Children of the Dark

“Flynn and Wood were gaping toward the Hollow. Hubbard looked like he wanted his mommy.”
― Jonathan Janz, Children of the Dark

“They’ve botched this investigation, haven’t they?” I said. Detective Wood glanced at me. “That’s like saying Carl Padgett is a mildly dangerous jaywalker. This investigation has been a disaster.”
― Jonathan Janz, Children of the Dark

“Because somehow, I knew a great many things about the Watkinses I’d never known before. I knew that despite their money, their house was an unhappy one. I knew Chris’s dad had struck Chris’s mom before, and I knew it had been covered up. I was sure Mr. Watkins would hurt his wife again.”
― Jonathan Janz, Children of the Dark

“George went in first and got paddled so hard that my”
― Jonathan Janz, Children of the Dark

“houses. Other than the treehouse, it was where we spent the most time. So. since I had an intimate knowledge of the graveyard, I figured I’d have a major advantage if I cut through it.”
― Jonathan Janz, Children of the Dark

“Watch your tongue,” Cavanaugh said, his eyes deadly cold. But my wrath had come unbottled, and there was no way to stopper it again. “‘Boy’?” I said. “I thought they only talked like that in shitty movies.”
― Jonathan Janz, Children of the Dark

“Mia, on the other hand, possessed a quality that got men’s attention whether they were her age or old enough to be her father. It made me want to protect her, of course, but more than that, it made me want to kick someone’s ass.”
― Jonathan Janz, Children of the Dark

“Those guys despise us.” “They do,” she agreed. “I suspect it’s because you’re smarter than they are. You and Chris are better athletes too.”
― Jonathan Janz, Children of the Dark

“Why did such a good-hearted, loving girl get treated like dirt?”
― Jonathan Janz, Children of the Dark

“He always called me “Champ” and mussed my hair, a habit that suggested that the sum of his experience with children had come from watching crappy movies. I”
― Jonathan Janz, Children of the Dark