Regret is pointless. I never do anything without first deciding to do it based on facts and feelings, and if it doesn't… — Isaac Marion Belts Copy Share Image
“Nora knows better than most that nothing lasts forever. Life doesn't, love doesn't, hope doesn't, so why would death, hate, or despair?… — Isaac Marion Apocalypse Copy Share Image
“I know from grim experience that there is a beauty to her inner layers, too. Marvels of symmetry and craftsmanship sealed away… — Isaac Marion Art Copy Share Image
“Is that your wife?" Julie asks again, more forcefully. I nod. "Who's that...guy she's with?" I shrug. "Is she cheating on you… — Isaac Marion Marriage Copy Share Image
I think we crushed ourselves down over the centuries. Buried ourselves under greed and hate and whatever other sins we could find… — Isaac Marion Bottom Copy Share Image
Came to . . . see you.” “But I had to go home, remember? You were supposed to say good-bye.” “Don't know… — Isaac Marion Bye Copy Share Image
I hate that she's hurt. I hate that she's been hurt, by me and by others, throughout the entire arc of her… — Isaac Marion Arcs Copy Share Image
“We are where we are, however we got here. What matters is where we go next.' 'But can we choose that?' 'I… — Isaac Marion Choose Copy Share Image
“Are my words ever actually audible, or do they just echo in my head while people stare at me, waiting? I want… — Isaac Marion Exclamation Copy Share Image
She hugs me. It's tentative at first, a little scared, and yes, a little repulsed, but then she melts into it. She… — Isaac Marion Arms Copy Share Image
Stop. Breathe those useless breaths. Drop this piece of life you’re holding to your lips. Where are you? How long have you… — Isaac Marion Breathe Copy Share Image
“Eating is not a pleasant business. I chew off a man's arm, and I hate it. Of course if I don't eat… — Isaac Marion Business Copy Share Image
“The future is as blurry to me as the past. I can’t seem to make myself care about anything to the right… — Isaac Marion Blurry Copy Share Image
Music? Music is life! It’s physical emotion - you can touch it! It’s neon ecto-energy sucked out of spirits and switched into… — Isaac Marion Boring Copy Share Image
“I want the pain of knowing them, and by extension myself: who and what I really am. Maybe with that scalpel, red-hot… — Isaac Marion Want Pain Copy Share Image
Last winter, when so many Living joined the Dead and our prey became scarce, I watched some of my friends become full-dead.… — Isaac Marion Distracted Copy Share Image
My "heart". Does that pitiful organ still represent anything? It lies motionless in my chest, pumping no blood, serving no purpose, and… — Isaac Marion Blood Copy Share Image
“I wake up next to a woman. I'm not sure which one. My eyes burn and my head throbs; even the pricey… — Isaac Marion Morning Copy Share Image
I don't know... there's something kind of beautiful about it, don't you think? That we keep living and growing even though our… — Isaac Marion Beautiful Copy Share Image
“It's not about keeping up the population, it's about passing on who we are and what we've learned, so things keep going.… — Isaac Marion Life Copy Share Image
“Zasmuca mnie jednak to, że zapomnieliśmy naszych imion. Już pomijając wszystko inne, to wydaje mi się najbardziej tragiczne. Tęsknie za swoim i… — Isaac Marion R Copy Share Image
“The world is always just what it is now, and it's up to you how you respond to it.” — Isaac Marion Just Copy Share Image
Nothing is permanent. Not even the end of the world. — Isaac Marion End of the world Copy Share Image
In my palm I can feel the echo of her pulse, standing in for the absense of mine. — Isaac Marion Echoes Copy Share Image
“I grab my stomach again. “Feel empty. Feel . . . dead.” He nods. “Marr . . . iage.” I glare at him. I shake my head and clutch my… — Isaac Marion Feel Dead Copy Share Image
But I'm not afraid of the skeletons in Julie's closet. I look forward to meeting the rest of them, looking them hard… — Isaac Marion Bones Copy Share Image
“And you know the craziest part, R?' she says. 'Sometimes I barely believe you're a zombie. Sometimes I think you're just wearing… — Isaac Marion Hard to believe Copy Share Image
“She remembers sprinting over the thin after-waves that slid over each other like sheets of glass. When she ran with the waves… — Isaac Marion Ocean Copy Share Image
Maybe this is why I sleep only a few hours a month. I don't want to die again. This has become clearer… — Isaac Marion Believe Copy Share Image
The kind of stuff I usually read is a bit more on the literary side, like books that I think are influential… — Isaac Marion Book Copy Share Image
“I look into Julie's face. Not just at it, but into it. Every pore, every freckle, every faint gossamer hair. And then… — Isaac Marion Bad habit Copy Share Image
