Near the Bone Quotes

“He thinks there should be a happy ending just because he believes in one.”
― Christina Henry, Near the Bone

“Don't look back. Don't ever look back. There's nothing for you there, nothing you want to remember. Don't give him another second of your attention”
― Christina Henry, Near the Bone

“You used to be like that. You were fearless until William beat it out of you. You need to stop thinking the way he taught you to think.”
― Christina Henry, Near the Bone

“She didn't want to hurt him. She only wanted William to stop hurting her”
― Christina Henry, Near the Bone

“That was a hard and terrible thing to acknowledge, the idea that even if she managed to get away, that he would haunt her always—the boogeyman in the closet, the monster under the bed, the creature tapping at her window.”
― Christina Henry, Near the Bone

“He used that word a lot, whatever. It was a strange word, vague but at the same time full of possibilities.”
― Christina Henry, Near the Bone

“They were all willing to believe in the existence of an animal they'd never seen before but they weren't willing to believe it could think and reason.”
― Christina Henry, Near the Bone