“He stepped fully into the house. The air inside was cool on his skin. He turned, expecting the front door to close on its own. But it stayed open, as it was supposed to. He shook his head, chiding himself… — Robert Liparulo Copy Share Image
“Tendrils of mist slithered over the forest floor, around the base of trees. Xander noticed that some of it had climbed the porch pillars and drifted, almost invisibly, over the shingles of the porch roof. It reminded him of an… — Robert Liparulo Copy Share Image
“Xander could sense more than David's smile. He wished he could be more like that, easygoing. But then, David hadn't seen what Xander had… — Robert Liparulo Copy Share Image
“You clobber Death when he's breathing in your ear and see how you feel about the club.” — Robert Liparulo Copy Share Image
Knowledge was like candy: you never turned it down, especially if you didn't have to work too hard to get it. — Robert Liparulo Copy Share Image
“Little boy and little girl.I don't know how old. Sweetest family in the world, of you listen to the old folks around here." Xander… — Robert Liparulo Copy Share Image
“Live to fight another day was an expression that did not take nto account the loved one who would die because you didn't continue… — Robert Liparulo Copy Share Image
Bravery is not the absence of fear but the forging ahead despite being afraid — Robert Liparulo Copy Share Image
Death does not simply end life. It steals away the sunsets you’ll never see, the children you’ll ever hold, the wife you’ll never love.… — Robert Liparulo Copy Share Image
“David!" Xander yelled, because he had to yell something. His eyes snapped back to the figure in the upstairs doorway, but it was gone.… — Robert Liparulo Copy Share Image
Hope is a merciless tormentor. It's the sound of trickling water to parched lips. The prospect of love to the unlovable. A miracle cure… — Robert Liparulo Copy Share Image
“He loved his job, which allowed time to do it without comparing his performance to others'. He loved the economics of death: hastening a… — Robert Liparulo Copy Share Image
