276 quotes found
Novelist · American
American novelist
“The essential truth of life, he was coming to realize, wasn't romantic an took only two words to label: Shit. Happens.”
“Gallows humor is part of having a doctor in the house. Deal with it.”
“Beth's not on that train?""Nope. She's not even in that station, that town, or that part of whatever country your metaphor lives in.”
“Sometimes in life, from out of a myriad of prosaic decisions like what to eat and where to sleep and how to dress, a true crossroads is revealed. In these moments, when the fog of relative irreleva...”
“Caregivers had to take care of themselves, and part of that meant having a life beyond whatever illness had put them in their cole.”
“Ah, hell.His peripheral vision was working far too well tonight.His slut of a cousin, his cocksucking, suit-wearing, Montblanc-up-the-ass cousin Saxton the Magnificent, was standing next to the que...”
“It felt odd to realize she was frightened more by what he might know, and not of what he might be.”
“As Qhuinn looked at his best friend's handsome face, he felt as if he'd never not known that red hair, those blue eyes, those lips, that jaw. And it was because of their long history that he search...”
“Qhuinn's eyes shifted away from his buddy--and just happened to measure the distance down to the stone patio below. Hmm . . . doing a swan dive onto all that slate might just get the images of thos...”
“But then, gifts are like beauty, are they not. It is in the eye of the recipient that they find their seat, not in the hand of the giver.”
“You've always been there for me. Always. Even when I…" V"Even when you what?" B"You know." V"What?" B"Fuck. Even when I was in love with you. Or some shit." VButch clasped his hands to his chest. "...”
“Okay, well...how's that water feeling, then?' 'Excuse me?' 'The Nile warm this time of the year?”
“Without time, you have only the bottomless, shapeless mire of eternity....Time is what gives life significance.”
“I want to see the front of you.”“That’s what all the girls say.”“Do you expect me to roll you over? ’Cuz I will.”“Your mate’s not going to like this.”“As if that’s going to bother you?”“True. It ac...”
“Man, it was a good thing vampires didn't get cancer. Lately he'd been chain-smoking like a felon.”
“Are you holding her?” Wrath asked. There was a pause. “As soon as I get this bow tied in the back—hold on, girlie. Okay, up you go. She’s in a pink dress that Cormia made her by hand. I hate pink. ...”
