The Boy Quotes

“Insults are the last resort of an insecure man with a crumbling argument,”
― Tami Hoag, The Boy

“People had respected his father. Telling the truth about him would have only made everyone angry. In Cameron’s experience, adults wanted to believe only what they wanted to believe—whether that was the truth or not.”
― Tami Hoag, The Boy

“Because he was human, a part of him wanted to turn around and leave now, before it was too late. Because he had a duty, he moved forward, knowing that what he was about to see would change him. The dead always did that. What lingered of their souls grabbed hold and tore away a little piece of him, never to be recovered. The last breath of the victim’s pain and fear seeped into him like a stain. He had never become immune to it.”
― Tami Hoag, The Boy

“Showing up in church on Sunday didn’t automatically make anyone good,”
― Tami Hoag, The Boy

“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. He had used the John Burroughs quote as a mantra”
― Tami Hoag, The Boy