Cecil Castellucci

It's a fact of life. Hearts are always hurting. And yet they still keep pumping.

— Cecil Castellucci

“But liking someone whose species you dislike is something--worth more than currency on a chit.”

— Cecil Castellucci

“But the dead, they have ghosts. Ghosts are very useful for haunting. Never forget the dead, Tula. They have their function. They…

— Cecil Castellucci

Sure we girls can wear pants now, and vote, and go to college, have a bank account, get a job that is…

— Cecil Castellucci

“Betrayal and grief have a certain color no matter what the species is.”

— Cecil Castellucci

Hello and good-bye are not as simple as everyone thinks.

— Cecil Castellucci

“My name is Lake Suck and this is my manifesto. I swear to be myself. To think for myself. I will not…

— Cecil Castellucci

“When you are lost, go back to the beginning.”

— Cecil Castellucci

I smile a lot. I heard someone say once that it takes fewer muscles to smile than to frown, so i'm trying…

— Cecil Castellucci

“It was nice to see a Human smile. So many things looked like smiles but weren't. Sometimes, to feel genuine kindness, I…

— Cecil Castellucci

“Everyone got older but forgot to grow up.”

— Cecil Castellucci

“My life sucks. So I shave my head.”

— Cecil Castellucci

“I was born in Hell. But I am no demon. I am beige and colorful. I was quiet in this room. But…

— Cecil Castellucci

I took that smile and I put it right where the hole in my chest was. It was better than coffee, or…

— Cecil Castellucci

“Sometimes my feelings get so big that I just want to swim out into the darkness. Just jump off the end of…

— Cecil Castellucci

Silent is the ruined land. Man is brutal and the rain does not wash away the pain or rid the distant memory.…

— Cecil Castellucci

“Were we all like that? Were we all trying to change how we looked on the outside to match how we felt…

— Cecil Castellucci

It was amazing what I could remember about myself when I retraced my own steps.

— Cecil Castellucci

“It’s been three days still haven’t heard from you. My heart lives underwater breathing for you. But you break apart my tiny…

— Cecil Castellucci

Is there any other way to be? I mean, this is it. This is my body, my soul; I gotta live with…

— Cecil Castellucci

“There's a beast in all of us, you know,' Jasper said. 'No,' Tessa said. 'Yes, a monster right inside of us all,'…

— Cecil Castellucci

Non est ad astra mollis e terris via. That's my philosophy. Its a quote from the past. "There is no easy way…

— Cecil Castellucci

“Who needs a stupid grampa-loving, book-reading, good-smelling boy who I like to talk to?”

— Cecil Castellucci

I want to make my mark,' he says. But what target, I wonder, are you going to hit?

— Cecil Castellucci

“Revenge is a good motivator, but it always disappoints in the end.”

— Cecil Castellucci