“He would think God was a dyke librarian, and he would know the fear of her.” — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“No one looks too closely at a librarian. People are afraid of going blind from the glare of ssss -ssso much compressed… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
I remind myself that no one day of writing matters all that much. A story is built somewhat like a stalactite -… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“Hey! I get to sleep in a library and read books all night! Without pity, where would I be? I'm a total… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“Finish the book. Finish the book, regardless of how bad it is. You can make it better in a rewrite.” — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“Boy, this is your lucky day!" She clapped her hands. "You found yourself a librarian! I can help wit the figuring-out thing… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“a room full of books smelled like dessert: a sweet snack made of figs, vanilla, glue, and cleverness.” — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
She breathed deeply of the scent of decaying fiction, disintegrating history, and forgotten verse, and she observed for the first time that… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“Vic smelled the vast vault filled with books before she saw it, because her eyes required time to adjust to the cavernous… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
Music [is] the third rail of life. You grabbed it to shock yourself out of the dull drag of hours. To feel something. To… — Joe Hill Copy Share
“He had despised that Mary with her idiot smile, symbol of a story that meant nothing, servant of a God who no good to… — Joe Hill Copy Share
“He'd possessed all the key elements of a school shooter: hormones, misery, ammunition. People wondered how something like Columbine could happen. Jude wondered why… — Joe Hill Copy Share
I have nothing to say for myself, only that I have always tried to make this earth a little bit better — Joe Hill Copy Share
“Vic’s father was badass. Other dads built things. Hers blew shit up and rode away on a Harley, smoking the cigarette he used to… — Joe Hill Copy Share
It's like in the Bible.You can't always get what you want, but if you really need something, you usually find it." "What part of… — Joe Hill Copy Share
“The air was rank, and on my left, in a broad green meadow, arranged neatly in pairs, were dead lions and dead walruses and… — Joe Hill Copy Share
“a room full of books smelled like dessert: a sweet snack made of figs, vanilla, glue, and cleverness.” — Joe Hill Copy Share
“When you were a Goth, it was important to at least imply the possibility you might burst into flames in direct sunlight.” — Joe Hill Copy Share
“They came to believe their doctors were holding back limited quantities of a cure, and attempted to take them hostage. They formed armies, congresses,… — Joe Hill Copy Share
“He had his flaws - he'd voted for Reagan, he believed that Carl Weathers was a GREAT thespian, and he grew emotional listening to… — Joe Hill Copy Share
