“Adolescence impelled her eyes to stay at an even keel, to deal with the ground before flickering to the heavens. Night became… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“In this decaying world, these moments with her help keep me sane.” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“You kill by consent, every time you let something… pervert the balance when you have the power to stop it.” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“Childhood is this time of magic and monsters; hoping for one and fearing the other... The worst part of being a kid… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“Private moments held not a candle to coitus, not even the expensive kind of candle that made the whole room smell of… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“As he had kissed her neck, she could not repress the feeling she was a lamb making time with a wolf.” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“He relented to the kiss and gave of himself what she required, his lips parting in symmetry with hers until the moment… — Thomm Quackenbush 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 Copy Share Image
“There is no real time, only one moment immediately after creation where God asked humanity to join Him. What humanity perceives as… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“The stars glittered through the atmosphere, and he thought of the distances that light must take to hit his eye at exactly… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“Beyond these moments, she could hardly count the fumbling ministrations of boys in high school who, even to her senior prom, never… — 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 Copy Share Image
“He forestalls death with an orange pill bottle, just a few more weeks, fifty pills at a time.” — 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
