Ararat Quotes

“But she hadn’t done it for herself. Numb, she put a hand over her belly and felt the roundness there, four months along and a little bigger every day. If her baby was a boy, she would name him Adam, and pray that he took after his father. Sometimes, though … Sometimes she let herself consider the possibility that the thing growing inside her might not be a baby at all. And then she would scream, just for a moment or two until it became irritated and seized control from within, silencing her. It didn’t like her to scream like that. Bad for the baby, the demon would whisper inside her mind. And the baby needs to be strong. Meryam wondered how much it would hurt to give birth to something with horns.”
― Christopher Golden, Ararat

“I’m safer with the two of you than on my own,” Kim said. “But…” Walker frowned. The weight in that one word, the thick lines in her forehead, showed just how much it disturbed her. “What?” he urged. Kim glanced at the others below, the handful of people gathered around Hakan while he mourned. “What if we shouldn’t even try?” she said. “What if the demon isn’t poison, but more like a virus, and if we bring it down off the mountain we’re just setting it loose in the world?” Walker stared at her. He had no reply. What Kim had said terrified him more than any idea he’d ever heard.”
― Christopher Golden, Ararat

“But if there is any way to help Adam and to protect the rest of us, the only thing I can think of is an exorcism.” Mr. Avci began to shake his head immediately. “I think this is a very bad idea. Very bad. Several of the Turkish students are troubled enough already. And the guides, Hakan’s workers—” “Don’t speak for them,” Polly interrupted. “They’ve all just seen what’s happened with Adam. If you have your own troubles with it, say so, but we’ve all been working together for weeks. The Muslims and Jews on staff don’t need to believe in Christianity to want us to try everything to protect them.”
― Christopher Golden, Ararat

“The lesson of the biblical tale of Noah’s ark was a simple one, a refrain that echoed throughout the Old Testament: behave, or God will fuck you up.”
― Christopher Golden, Ararat

“The lesson of the biblical tale of Noah's ark was a simple one, a refrain that echoed throughout the Old Testament: Behave, or God will fuck you up.”
― Christopher Golden, Ararat