The Book of M Quotes

“Time always leaves you behind.”
― Peng Shepherd, The Book of M

“Then I saw it tilt its head ever so slightly to the side, all by itself. There was a moment of coldness, like the entire room had dropped twenty degrees. I tried to take a breath, but I couldn’t move. Then it was gone.”
― Peng Shepherd, The Book of M

“I hope of all things, I forget you last, Ory. I hope I forget you even after I forget where we're going. I'd rather drive forever and never reach New Orleans, but still remember you”
― Peng Shepherd, The Book of M

“We need to take care of what we can do before we sit around and worry about what we cant.”
― Peng Shepherd, The Book of M

“The memory means more, the more it’s worth to you—and to who you are.”
― Peng Shepherd, The Book of M

“The amnesiac gave Hemu back the book.”
― Peng Shepherd, The Book of M

“that once a shadowless has forgotten everything, it also forgets it’s hungry or thirsty, or even that it needs to breathe.”
― Peng Shepherd, The Book of M

“The first shadowed person Ory had met since the Forgetting took Arlington. And probably the last.”
― Peng Shepherd, The Book of M

“it was a thing she looked at only from the periphery, never head on, the way he now did with Max. It was just too painful.”
― Peng Shepherd, The Book of M

“Ahmadi was standing in the kitchen when Zhang walked in at dawn after the army’s first night there, bent over the cutlery drawer. “Do you know where the spoons are?” she asked. They both stared at each other for a moment, and then Zhang burst into tears, startling her so badly she jumped and the drawer fell out of the counter, spilling everything. It was so fucking normal, he couldn’t stop crying.”
― Peng Shepherd, The Book of M

“Do you know where the spoons are?” she asked. They both stared at each other for a moment, and then Zhang burst into tears, startling her so badly she jumped and the drawer fell out of the counter, spilling everything. It was so fucking normal, he couldn’t stop crying.”
― Peng Shepherd, The Book of M

“gone. “He told me about a sandwich”
― Peng Shepherd, The Book of M

“No one escaped—either because they were someone who lost their shadow, or because they were someone who loved someone who lost their shadow.”
― Peng Shepherd, The Book of M