The Dead and the Dark Quotes

“Outside, there was a swarm of people who hated them. Under his feet, there was a darkness that crept into Brandon’s bones. But for a moment, he wasn’t alone. The shadows were quiet.
Now that he knew what it felt like to be loved, he could never go back.”
― Courtney Gould, The Dead and the Dark

“The Dark is not a monster. It simply is.”
― Courtney Gould, The Dead and the Dark

“After thirteen years, the Dark has finally come home.”
― Courtney Gould, The Dead and the Dark

“It was only in quiet moments like this that the sadness came through. Because that was the thing about Logan, under the sharp one-liners and incredulous glares, there was always a sadness that felt so deep, Ashley thought she could fall into it and never reach the bottom. It was a sadness Logan had sewn into her chest, that she’d fashioned into a piece of her personality.”
― Courtney Gould, The Dead and the Dark

“And wherever the road took them, they’d been through worse.”
― Courtney Gould, The Dead and the Dark

“The footsteps were gone. There was no more wind, no more stars, no more crickets or rustling branches or water lapping lazily at the shore behind her. Instead, there was the black silhouette of a cabin, stark against the night.”
― Courtney Gould, The Dead and the Dark

“He forgets that the Dark does not capture, it becomes.”
― Courtney Gould, The Dead and the Dark

“Ashley recognized the same look on Logan’s face that she’d seen in the mirror for months. They were adrift in the dark, senselessly paddling for shore.”
― Courtney Gould, The Dead and the Dark

“At the base of the hill, blue-green Lake Owyhee met the gravelly shore and twisted on for as far as she could see. It didn’t seem fair that the only people with a view like this were the ones who couldn’t take it in. But maybe you had to die to see the valley like this. Tristan Granger wouldn’t see it. He had no body to bury.”
― Courtney Gould, The Dead and the Dark

“The ghosts I've seen are more like impressions left by the dead. Like a captured moment.”
― Courtney Gould, The Dead and the Dark

“Parents weren't suppose to see their children's graves. They weren't suppose to feel darkness under the earth, coiling around their daughter's corpse.”
― Courtney Gould, The Dead and the Dark

“You know, I read an article a while back about people like the daughter,” Tammy continued as though she hadn’t been asked a question. She leaned back in her chair and looked out over the gray lake. “Studies say they usually turn out just fine, actually. Totally normal. I thought the lack of balance at home would make it hard for them to grow up right. But the article said they’re like those plants that grow in the dark. Resilient.”
She said resilient with a punch in her voice, like Logan was a soldier marching against her oppressively gay fathers.”
― Courtney Gould, The Dead and the Dark

“The Ashley Barton who drove the Ford was different from the one Logan had met at the police station. She was unbothered, casually slouched in her seat, T-shirt shifted carelessly above her belly button. The sun-kissed skin of her stomach was dappled with light brown freckles.”
― Courtney Gould, The Dead and the Dark

“It was like Tristan was standing next to her. She thought of him and a sadness filled her up, deeper and colder than any she’d ever felt. It was a sadness that breathed. It wasn’t final.”
― Courtney Gould, The Dead and the Dark

“In a few months, she could pack up all her things and set out to find a place that was real. Somewhere that would last longer than just “a while.” A home.”
― Courtney Gould, The Dead and the Dark