“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
“It was ludicrous to cry because there was no more Google, but for a moment Harper felt very close to weeping. The… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
I'll take the shooting. I'm used to that. I've been shot a few times in the past, and I guess I can… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“I had discovered some time ago that nothing frees the mind like dropping the pants. Try it if you doubt me. American… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
I liked AC/DC," Lee said. "If you were going to shoot someone, you'd really want to do it while you were listening… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
... people made the imaginary real all the time: taking the music they heard in their head and recording it, seeing a… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
He had tried to explain the way he felt to Danny once, about compulsive behavior and time rushing too fast and the… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“Something terrible is happening to me, Mom,” he said, his voice cracking. For the first time all morning, he felt close to… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“It was no good being a mother. She wanted to start a website, a public-awareness campaign, a newsletter, to get the word… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“She wanted to start a website, a public-awareness campaign, a newsletter, to get the word out that if you were a woman… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“I don’t know how much time we have left. Could be fifty years. Could be one more week. But I do know… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“FEAR THICKENS TIME, TURNS IT slow and viscous. One second of deeply felt terror lasts longer than ten regular seconds.” — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“God loves man, we are told, but love must be proved by facts, not reasons. If you were in a boat and… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“By the time I knew it was a mistake, it was too late to come back. That's usually how it is.” — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“For a time he read his Neil Diamond bible by the firelight. He paused, twisting nervously at his goatee, considering the law… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“Sam Cleary reached the two old men fighting on the ground and used the fire extinguisher for the first time, bringing it… — 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
I will die like a true-blue rebel. Don't waste any time in mourning - organize. — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“At times, my brother made me think of one of those tapered, horned conch shells, with a glossy pink interior curving away… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“a room full of books smelled like dessert: a sweet snack made of figs, vanilla, glue, and cleverness.” — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“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 Image