“Magic was not in glitter and sparks. Real magic didn't need to be.” — Thomm Quackenbush Glitter Copy Share Image
“In this decaying world, these moments with her help keep me sane.” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“Do you want me because you love me or because I provide you normality drag?” — Thomm Quackenbush Desire Copy Share Image
“The night sky made her feel infinite before she knew the word.” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“It was inelegant, but what was not when taking a hostage?” — Thomm Quackenbush Elegance Copy Share Image
“She could not trust people who wore all their "weird" on the outside. It left so little within to discover.” — 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
“It seemed inequitable at best that one could and did gain a reputation for things that left one both physically and emotionally… — Thomm Quackenbush Reputation Copy Share Image
“We can mourn and grieve and will face innumerable sunsets without him. But we will still face the sunsets.” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“…He sounded as though he had just seen The Pokey Little Puppy meet the business end of The Little Engine That Could.” — Thomm Quackenbush Business Copy Share Image
“Opening her mouth to take a bite seemed forward. Chewing? Obscene. Mutual mastication was out of the question.” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“Her rebirth stood in her mind with the clarity of a perfect diamond, the light scattering the rainbows through her body.” — Thomm Quackenbush Clarity Copy Share Image
“Roselynn appraised Shane as she would an interesting rock, saying nothing. However, Roselynn was the sort much enamored of rocks.” — Thomm Quackenbush Rocks Copy Share Image
“Tombstones covered the dale, the smooth marble surfaces bright. She had spent days here as a teenager, though not out of any… — Thomm Quackenbush Adolescence Copy Share Image
“I narrate the story but he dies off-stage between commercials. A washing machine ad later, we are dressed in our funereal best.… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“The nature of God's plan can be difficult to fathom when you are toiling in some small corner of it, but it… — Thomm Quackenbush Christian Copy Share Image
“Her mother admonished through closed lips, the sound a mother can make mean anything from "pick up your socks" to "we are… — Thomm Quackenbush Admonish Copy Share Image
“You catch a lot more flies with honey than vinegar, as they say, though I warrant you get even more flies with… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“Were genuine aliens to find us… the chances were fairly good they would appear in a form beyond reckoning, shaped by the… — Thomm Quackenbush Alien Copy Share Image
“Sex was this primal connection like no magick she had ever known, even separated by a millimeter of latex. She knew that… — Thomm Quackenbush Magic 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 Admonish Copy Share Image
“Her lips are like pillows of warm glass. It is strange to find her resistant for even a second, since she has… — Thomm Quackenbush Affection Copy Share Image
“Devareux also made mention of finding "angel hair" that melted when touched but was so radioactive as to break a Geiger counter,… — Thomm Quackenbush Cemetery Copy Share Image
“The aftertaste of New Year's Eve parties wears on me for the same reason I am not much for resolutions. Dusting off… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“You know, Aerosmith will be the thing that kills off your music. Not them directly, mind you. What they represent. Bands are… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“I think it simply comes down to fantasy being the language I speak. While I cannot get into epic sword and sorcery,… — Thomm Quackenbush Fantasy Copy Share Image
“I do not imagine I will ever cling to her like she is the last handhold on an otherwise sheer cliff. I… — Thomm Quackenbush Independence Copy Share Image
“There might have been prettier women in the room but, when she turned those babies on, fluttered her eyelashes, I was hers.… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“I know for a fact the first UFOs reported in modern times, just before the crash at Roswell, were boomerang shaped and… — Thomm Quackenbush Aliens Copy Share Image
“It’s hard to stay upset over someone else’s happy ending.” — Thomm Quackenbush Happy ending 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 Future Copy Share Image
“If he had to spend the evening with madwomen, he would prefer at least one of them be willing to let him… — Thomm Quackenbush Grope Copy Share Image
“There is little worse than when the person to whom you want to apologize is having great sex in your room.” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“Modesty was hardly a priority in her mind until now. Now she had been cast from Hell and again knew shame.” — Thomm Quackenbush Heart Copy Share Image
“She wished she had eyes like her sister, huge and bright, constantly straddling the line between terrified child and ingénue.” — Thomm Quackenbush Child Copy Share Image
“American culture enforces such rigid gender roles for male friendships that they are gay unless they materially resemble a beer commercial.” — Thomm Quackenbush America Copy Share Image
