“Modesty was hardly a priority in her mind until now. Now she had been cast from Hell and again knew shame.” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“She mourned the history that the invisible intruder had erased, but not enough that she would spend a second more of her… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“As long as she persisted in her belief that bafflement justified her actions, she felt confident no one would contradict her.” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“She did not arrive at Annandale without taking the chisel to herself more than once, without rubbing up against a few boys… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“They may have been rightly overbearing in her formative years, but they also loved Roselyn enough to trust she needed dreams more… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“She had picked up life where she had left off... and hoped that would be enough to get the universe to politely… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“She had seen this relationship dying before it ever lived, but allowed optimism and lust to blind her.” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“She could never understand why creatures of darkness had the slightest interest in spineless human girls.” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“She knew the power of bureaucracy well enough to be aware she had to sit and be admonished until this stranger felt… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“In the pause that followed, Shane understood why people said their hearts broke. She always thought it was a weak metaphor of… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“Like the discovery of most things - love and religion especially - she maintained the child's arrogant wonder than no one had… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“If it took eons to get to the edge of one's galactic yard, she could not imagine the neighbors dropping by for… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“She resented a universe that forced her to fabricate cover stories for its more inexplicable vagaries.” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“She had not been the sort to have cared about the naming of things that existed well without it…” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“Which God is the forgiving one, exactly? Old Testament, where He got His rocks off by smiting? Or New Testament, once Our Heavenly Father… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share
“As a man, I was a failure. A pathetic teacher lusting after Catholic school girls in short skirts. As a monster, I'm superb. It's… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share
“The whole concept of some stranger making his way down our chimney - not that we had one - suggested burglary more readily than… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share
“Maybe [aliens] have been in our lives a lot longer than we want to admit. People have always seen strange things—elves and fairies—and now… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share
“The seed of an urban legend finding fertile soil at the corner of tragedy and imagination.” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share
“There was a charm in being reborn into the world when one was old enough to appreciate it.” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share
“She hated anyone who clung to the supernatural when the natural was perfectly serviceable.” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share
“Do you want me because you love me or because I provide you normality drag?” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share
“You got a vicious animal inside you. It wants to snap, it wants to attack, but it's harmless because some woman fitted a muzzle… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share
“He had not even done the fledgling courtesy of shredding open a major artery, anointing himself in the viscous gore, and desecrating her body.… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share
“[T]hese friends were of the female persuasion, and while by and large they were bi and large, they still represented potential threats on [her]… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share
“She kissed him… long enough he could almost hear her thoughts. Long enough that he began to know her story, know what she had… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share
“Shane never knew how to address her friends' parents. She wanted to call her Mrs. Eliot's Mom, but knew that the cutesiness would not… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share
“I don't think I'm being harassed by little green stalkers. I don't know what's really going on, but I'd rather try to eliminate all… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share
