Scar Island Quotes

“And you cannot leave a library. Without a book.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, Scar Island

“No. You can't leave a library. Without a book.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, Scar Island

“I am a lunatic. Not an idiot. I go at night. To the kitchen. It's been terribly messy." The librarian paused, working his fingers into Ninety-Nine's fur. Ninety-Nine closed his eyes and leaned back into the scratching finger. "And ice cream is my favourite food. It's kept. In the freezer. Of course.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, Scar Island

“Rain pelted the huge windows. Thunder booms like cannon shots rattled the glass. The courtyard was a rain-lashed lake, reflecting the violent white cracks of lightning above. The wind shrieked between Slabhenge's tall towers like an army of furious ghosts.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, Scar Island

“And those sounds you hear? That is the sea, crashing and surging beneath us. Sucking at forgotten windows. Opening and closing submerged doors. Tossing old furniture around. Rattling old chains. Chewing at the foundations. And always, knocking at the door.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, Scar Island

“Jonathan Grisby,” the Admiral finally said. He said Jonathan’s name the way most people might say the word diarrhea.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, Scar Island

“And below them, a hungry menace knocked at an ancient door. And even then, surrounded by friendly faces, his dark fears whispered at him, and the flickering warmth of their candles' light seemed terribly small and fragile.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, Scar Island

“Jonathan crouched on his hands and knees, panting in the blackness. He'd never seen such darkness before, total and suffocating. Down in the deepest dungeon, pinned beneath a prison of dark stone, there was hardly even the memory of light. His eyes gasped like the mouth of a fish yanked out of the water They found no light to breathe.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, Scar Island