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“We never see other people anyway, only the monsters we make of them.”
“But these weren't the kind of monsters that had tentacles and rotting skin, the kind a seven-year-old might be able to wrap his mind around--they were monsters with human faces, in crisp uniforms, ...”
“You guys know about vampires? You know, vampires have no reflections in a mirror? Theres this idea that monsters dont have reflections in a mirror. And what Ive always thought isnt that monsters d...”
“The real world is where the monsters are.”
“...no good writing flows from a polluted well - you can write about monsters, but you can't be one...”
“What was the purpose of a woman monster?It came out in a whisper. What am I for?”
“There was a monster in me that had to be fed by success. There is a monster in us all that has to be fed by something.”
“If the sleep of reason produces monsters, what does the sleep of unreason produce?”
“Some monsters disguise themselves so well you dont realize that theyre monsters until its too late. You check all of the usual places: under the bed, in the closet, behind the shower curtain, aroun...”
“When you are a Protector, in darkness you see the world through different eyes and the line between Beast and Savior is so thin, you find yourself wondering if it was ever there to begin with.The b...”
“I might be capable of making figures that have heart, conscience, passion, emotion and decency. But there's no call for that at all in the world. People are only interested in monsters and freaks, ...”
“You're wondering if you have to prey on humans, if you can survive by drinking the blood of animals or other creatures. You're hoping you won't have to kill people to live. Am I right?”
“Here there was no monster greater than the ragged mountains.”
“But what if the monsters come?""Fancy." Kit looked away from the drama to stare at her sister, surprised. "We are the monsters.”
“...our monsters walk the dark pathways of secret motives...”
“Truth is a battle of perceptions. People only see what they're prepared to confront. It's not what you look at that matters, but what you see. And when then different perceptions battle against one...”
“There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.”
“Imagination creates some big monsters.”
“He thought of the deep crevasses and windy caves of Underlay, and the stories of the creatures that dwelt there. Of course, he didnt believe in them. Hed told them, because the handing on of an ora...”
“The dragon, you know, hunkered in the village devouring maidens, heard the townsfolk cry 'Monster!' and looked behind him.”
