“Things had improved after he was born. We both loved him with such fervor that it was impossible that some wouldn’t splash… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“I have never tried to walk through a mall in the Christmas season dressed like a jolly old elf. You might as… — 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
“She harbored the childhood presumption that the truly scary things could only find her in the night.” — Thomm Quackenbush 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 Copy Share Image
“We half-eat cookies and drink the milk, we leave notes, all so kids will believe in something that isn’t true. Kids try… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“But aliens? There are TV shows about them. There are books and movies and more. The media indoctrinates you to them until… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“There weren't always happy endings and children would do well to know that vile things could happen to them, that witches and… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“The seed of an urban legend finding fertile soil at the corner of tragedy and imagination.” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“There was a charm in being reborn into the world when one was old enough to appreciate it.” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“She hated anyone who clung to the supernatural when the natural was perfectly serviceable.” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“Do you want me because you love me or because I provide you normality drag?” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“[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 Image
“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 Image
