The Bone Houses Quotes

“I grew up thinking monsters could be slain."
"Ah," he said. "And I grew up thinking people were the monsters.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“The anticipation of the loss hurts nearly as much as the loss itself. You find yourself trying to hold on to every detail, because you'll never have them again.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“Home was taste and smell and sensation. It was not a place.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“And perhaps this was the truth about the dead. You went on. They'd want you to.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“And perhaps, even back then, Ryn thought that if she could love the monsters - then she could love those monstrous parts of herself.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“It was a risk, to love someone. To do so with the full knowledge that they'd leave someday. Then let go of them, when they did.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“She was half a wild creature that loved a graveyard, the first taste of misty night air, and the heft of a shovel. She knew how things died. And in her darkest moments, she feared she did not know how to live.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“Monsters were unrestrained, unbound, and beautiful in their destruction. They could be slain but they would never be truly defeated.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“She reminded him of an ocean - beautiful, with enough salt to kill a man. He suspected it would take a knight or a hero of legend to impress one such as her.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“Death is not to be feared," he said. "But nor can it be forsaken. One must be mindful.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“To love someone was to face the possibility of losing them, and she feared another loss could shatter her.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“The living had a tendency to make promises they could not keep.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“The forest did not scare her; rather, she wanted to be like it: ageless and impervious, cruel and beautiful. Death could not touch”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“There was something about siblings - a language that was half memory and half glance. Jests and jibes. They were a tangle of love and resentment, and despite their differences, Ryn knew he would defend her to the death.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“Death should be peaceful - the dead have earned that much.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“Because names have power. Always have.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“This - this was what came after. Living.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“She held on, knowing that sometimes that was all a person could do.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“If I come across a problem, I take my axe to it. Or bury it. I'm good at burying things.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“She was a half-wild creature that loved a graveyard, the first taste of misty night air, and the heft of a shovel. She knew how things died. And in her darkest moments, she feared she did not know how to live.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“I prefer to be awake and in pain rather than unconscious and unfeeling.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“She was not one to be befuddled by a beautiful boy and a few well-spoken words. Beautiful things were often poisonous or useless - a handful of glossy berries that could kill with a taste, or a carved wooden spoon with no other purpose than to be admired.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“Can you miss something before it's gone?" …
"I think so. The anticipation of the loss hurts nearly as much as the loss itself. You find yourself trying to hold onto every detail, because you'll never have them again.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“Warmth kindled in her chest, and she found herself smiling back, charmed by her ability to charm him.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“Maps held no secrets, no intricacies he could not parse. He could know a place far better than he could know a person.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“Death and pain were close companions, often twined around each other.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“Perhaps one could become used to loss. Or perhaps the grief went so deep that he could not see it.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“There were some pains so old they were almost a comfort.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“Planning to keep me in a state of slightly drugged good cheer?"
"Planning to keep you," she said, "regardless of what state you're in.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

“Part of him wondered if he liked maps because they were a reassurance. A promise that he would never again be without a path.”
― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses