Dead Girls Walking Quotes

“The trees are the silver and blue of night, but dread is not far behind.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“Too bad you're getting sacrificed with your hoe ass.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“Cali continues. “Also, I mean, you’ve got therapy and your thirties to figure all this shit out. But we’ve got an unknown amount of minutes to figure out what we’re doing, like, now.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“The dead want to die.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“Damn. It really be your own grandmas.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“In the face of death, Temple believes in whoever gives her the strength to move forward. And right now, that’s these two girls.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“But somehow, she’s the Cold. Not her grandfather. All this death was because of her—which means her mother was never the good one at all. None of them were. There was no good for Temple Baker.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“I swear to God, if one of these dead bitches kills me before we get out of here, I’m gonna be dead bitch in charge. I’m killing everybody left. You, your grandmamma, your cousins. Anybody.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“The Cold moves through her corpse, its steps kicking on the rocky soil as it drifts through the campsite. Even if Temple finds a hiding space there, there’s no chance it’ll be a good one.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“Friends are just voyeurs at a zoo, waiting to poke at the monster. Temple doesn’t want friends, doesn’t want anybody knowing that she’s the monster. She needs to be left alone.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“I want to be remembered and to be “good,” whatever that means. For respectable white ladies like you to know me for my “words for the world,” as you say. As you expect from me. But what the hell does that matter, really? The world don’t listen to me. You’re not even listening to me right now. I could scream at the top of my lungs that I’m drowning, and I’ll never get saved.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“Temple couldn’t hide her expression. It twisted, and her mouth soured—she knew it. She felt it. And when she met her father’s eyes, playful and gleaming, he smiled wider at the terror in her own.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“There’s only so much vile that can fit beneath the skin,” her mother always said, “before it finds a way out.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“The girls are fascinated by things that won’t get them anywhere in life. A hobby that’s not useful won’t do anything for their future.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“There must be some kind of chemical in their brain that likes to read, and likes to read mediocre, gay books about murder. While Hearts Stop is way more relevant to Temple’s state of human condition than The Great Gatsby or To Kill a Mockingbird, she’s satisfied enough with her mediocre, gay life about murder.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“That satisfied him. His face still dripped in a layer of fresh blood, while a second layer of crusted gore beneath already began blending into his dark skin.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“Temple never wanted to know why her mother was missing. She always asked what happened to her.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“It’s a routine she’s been forced to forget. But her body can’t help but remember. She and her dad were a duet. They sang through the woods for hours on end, peeking through the leaves and going so still, squirrels would climb on them. They did it for fun. They were half animal—they had to be. And only they understood. Only they understood each other.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“Her words—wherever she’d go with that, because the only part of her that knows is the blood rushing through her ears—are interrupted when one of the girls just starts cackling. Right in her face.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“Unsurprisingly, Brenda laughs like Temple can’t be serious. “Of course I meant them, Temple. You think we’re letting a bunch of teen girls run around five miles of forest unsupervised? Especially this forest?” “Even the lesbians would find a way to get pregnant,” Lam calls from her seat by the window.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“Temple almost smiles. No one’s said they liked her in a long time. Then the books in Temple’s hands demand her attention again, and she remembers she’s most liked when she’s not heard. She goes back to her production of struggling to carry the pile.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“The Pride Rocks Foundation supports five schools in the greater Fairfax area by awarding LGBTQ+ students a sponsored trip to a seasonal location. This year, we have rented North Point Farms for your Weekend of Horrors on October 16–18!”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“If Temple just stays quiet, she can get away with this. Sure, it’s the punk bitch way of doing things—but Temple never cared to be brave. She’s not above running away, not even in her good boots.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“Her dad isn’t even here, but still, he’s ordering her around, pulling her strings like a puppet.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“The body bag is empty. And her mother’s corpse is nowhere to be seen.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“Burlap—just what gets any teenage girl going.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“You asked.” She never fucking asked. She never wanted to know.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“A chickadee chirps overhead, waiting for her to get on with it. It clearly doesn’t understand inner turmoil.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“Her dad didn’t used to be like that, but he’s changed since prison. Maybe he developed a sense of humor. The serial killer thing hadn’t worked out for him; no harm in switching things up. But apparently asking her dad to develop a personality over-night is asking for too much.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

“The Cold feels like pure evil, like… like it had never been human at all. It has to have been a monster from the beginning.”
― Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking