Daryl Gregory

“The human egg is a Mrs. Bennet, desperate to marry off her daughters...It is a truth universally acknowledged that a sperm must…

— Daryl Gregory

“He lit the cigarette and inhaled gratefully. "You want one?" "No thanks. Had a touch of the cancer a few years ago."…

— Daryl Gregory

“startled awake. Ollie froze for a moment, staring in his direction. The kid scrunched his face and yawned like a bear. I…

— Daryl Gregory

“Fayza leaned in, squinting, as if she didn’t hear me correctly: one of the library of power moves that adults used to…

— Daryl Gregory

“The business travelers, however, were all business, from their business jacket to their business skirts and their skinny business shoes. They sliced…

— Daryl Gregory

Every other writer's process is sort of vaguely scary and appalling.

— Daryl Gregory

“There was a scientist who did not believe in gods or fairies or supernatural creatures of any sort. But she had once…

— Daryl Gregory

“What was the point of being a mind anchored to this read weight-or dying weight, that was it, a blooby mass already…

— Daryl Gregory

“A BS in any neuroscience without a master's or PhD was a three-legged dog of a degree: pitiable, adorable, and capable of…

— Daryl Gregory

“Frankie did as he was told. He popped the last three cubes form a tray and slid the empty container back into…

— Daryl Gregory

The best aunts aren't substitute parents, they're co-conspirators.

— Daryl Gregory

“Then they were off again, across the unbroken sprawl of Chicagoland, a single city made up of interlocking strip malls, decorated at…

— Daryl Gregory

“You know why I’m raising you kids to be Cubs fans?” Buddy shakes his head. “Any mook can be a fan of…

— Daryl Gregory

“The gun, my young friend, is that dark cousin of the placebo, the nocebo. If a placebo provides false benefits, the nocebo…

— Daryl Gregory

“I met him in the hospital.' I saw the eyebrow raise in my peripheral vision. 'Yeah, that hospital. He believes that powerful…

— Daryl Gregory

“Divine essence?' I said. 'Hey, I'm Fat Boy, I'll possess a guy and make him eat ten pounds of chocolate in one…

— Daryl Gregory

Fantasy involves that which general opinion regards as impossible; science fiction involves that which general opinion regards as possible under the right…

— Daryl Gregory

“..."I might be entertaining the idea of tamping down my nihilism. Just a bit. Not because life is not meaningless—I think that’s…

— Daryl Gregory

“Lydia will show you the sheet bend. Miss Palwick?” The girl to my right—Lydia Palwick, I presumed, since I’m smart like that—looked…

— Daryl Gregory

“The thing about skeletons was, you never knew how much space they were taking up in the closet until you got rid…

— Daryl Gregory

“We'd understood from high school on that it was Lew's job to make good grades, find a high-paying career, buy a two-story…

— Daryl Gregory

“Pretending to be normal made life so difficult.”

— Daryl Gregory

“Fucking is not an adequate name for what we just did there,' Irene said. 'We need a better word. Something more festive.'…

— Daryl Gregory

“It was like wandering her house, except that everything was bright and blinking and pixelated.”

— Daryl Gregory

“The question, then, was how long could a human being stay awake? Keith Richards could party for three days straight, but I…

— Daryl Gregory