“But when you think about it, people pretend to be someone else every day. Gay people who pretend to be straight. Depressed people who pretend to be happy. Smart people who pretend to be dumb. People are always pretending to… — S.G. Browne Copy Share Image
“I just nod. There's really not much you can say when Jerry takes his own name in vain.” — S.G. Browne Copy Share Image
“But what am I, if not an infant? Born into a world of decay. Relearning how to walk and talk. Suckling from the bosom… — S.G. Browne Copy Share Image
Maberry is a master at writing scenes that surge and hum with tension. The pacing is relentless. He presses the accelerator to the floor… — S.G. Browne Copy Share Image
“It's a lot to live up to. These pressures of achieving. From the moment you're born, you're pounded with the expectations of what you need to actualize in order to become a success. Go to college. Get married. Raise a family. It's what you're supposed to do. The plans you're supposed to make. The life you're supposed to live. Diverge… — S.G. Browne Copy Share
My mother tries to explain that I need support and that I'm just going through a period of adjustment. "Like puberty," she says. — S.G. Browne Copy Share Image
If you've never been in a dumpster coated with industrial waste while someone stabs you with a piece of sharpened rebar, then you probably… — S.G. Browne Copy Share Image
“I want to run out and buy her flowers and candy and other things that will wilt and die or rot her teeth.” — S.G. Browne Copy Share Image
“How am I supposed to take it easy when all around me these creatures are in a perpetual state of ignorance?"...” — S.G. Browne Copy Share Image
“Jimmy nods. Being with him like this, without the attitude and looking at me with complete trust, almost makes me understand why parents would… — S.G. Browne Copy Share Image
“A kind word from one person to another can lead to another kind word, paying the kindness forward in a series of beneficent words… — S.G. Browne Copy Share Image
