The Hollow Ones Quotes

“You never truly know who you are until you get really, deeply hurt.”
― Guillermo del Toro, The Hollow Ones

“People call it regret, but it’s true awareness,” he continued. “It’s pure comprehension that the actions you take and don’t take have direct effect on others. You’re complicit. I’m complicit. We’re all complicit. The definition isn’t ‘involved in a crime’; it’s more about having done someone wrong in some way. It happens to everyone. So tomorrow morning, when you’re in front of that mirror brushing those pearly whites, think about why you do it. Not the oral health benefits. Brushing your teeth, combing your hair, buttering your toast, thinking about what the day will bring you. Everything is an invocation. Little, itty-bitty, step-by-step moments of holy summoning. But here’s the thing about it. Sometimes we are not the ones doing the summoning. Sometimes we are the ones being summoned.”
― Guillermo del Toro, The Hollow Ones

“If past wrongs are not addressed, and dealt with honestly, dark spirits will erupt through the unhealed seam. It is the same for cities and towns as it is for people.”
― Guillermo del Toro, The Hollow Ones

“The room smelled milky, of vanilla and almond, from the breakdown of chemical compounds in the old paper.”
― Guillermo del Toro, The Hollow Ones

“Another wide room, a library. The shelves bulged with aged book spines and unbound manuscripts of old, flaking paper, as well as folios and parchment scrolls. These were rare books indeed, most with Latin or French titles,”
― Guillermo del Toro, The Hollow Ones

“Blackwood said, “If past wrongs are not addressed, and dealt with honestly, dark spirits will erupt through the unhealed seam. It is the same for cities and towns as it is for people.”
― Guillermo del Toro, The Hollow Ones