“A demon obsessed with being human is a demon no longer” — John Connolly Being human Copy Share Image
Once upon a time – for that is how all stories should begin – there was a boy who lost his mother. — John Connolly Boys Copy Share Image
“The worst thing you can do as a writer is waste people's time.” — John Connolly Time Copy Share Image
“Regrets, Blacksmith, make poor currency. You can't but back with them what you most desire.” — John Connolly Desire Copy Share Image
“He became merely the broken statue of a beast, now without another's fear to animate it.” — John Connolly Animated Copy Share Image
“It was like finding oneself under the scrutiny of a stuffed bird. His” — John Connolly Finding oneself Copy Share Image
“But there were some who went with her willingly, for there are other women who dream of lying with wolves.” — John Connolly Wolves Copy Share Image
There is a very conservative element of crime writers that don't recognise what I do is crime fiction. — John Connolly Conservative Copy Share Image
“The evolutionary curve obviously sloped pretty gently where Six came from.” — John Connolly Evolution Copy Share Image
“The snow fell straight and slow, adding another layer to the drifts and covering roads, trees, bushes, and bodies, the living and… — John Connolly Flower Copy Share Image
“Mum,” said Christopher. “It’s a demon. I don’t think a poker will hurt it.” “It will where I’m going to put it,”… — John Connolly Humor Copy Share Image
a technician who uses the term “glitch” is like a Doctor who tells you you’re suffering from a “thingy,” except the doctor… — John Connolly Doctor who Copy Share Image
“Quayle himself was a surprisingly elegant man of sixty winters or more. (One might equally have said “sixty springs” or “sixty summers,”… — John Connolly Quayle Surprisingly Copy Share Image
. . . For a lifetime was but a moment in that place, and each man dreams his own heaven. And in… — John Connolly Darkness Copy Share Image
“No, all that David could think about was the head of the deer-girl, for her face rubbed against his as they rode,… — John Connolly Blood Smeared Copy Share Image
“After all this time, he had hope, and then hope was gone, and he hates himself for giving in to hope. He,… — John Connolly Evil Copy Share Image
Here is a truth, a truth by which to live: there is hope. There is always hope. If we choose to abandon… — John Connolly Abandon Copy Share Image
“And Nurd, who had never had a mother and father, and who had never loved or been loved, marvelled at the ways… — John Connolly Love Copy Share Image
On more than one occasion David, in his urge to explore the darker corners of the bookshelves, had found himself wearing strands… — John Connolly Bookshelves Copy Share Image
I am sorry," I whispered. "I am sorry for all of the ways that I failed you. I am sorry that I… — John Connolly Am sorry Copy Share Image
“But some gifts are worse than curses, and the dark side of the gift is that they know. The lost, the stragglers,… — John Connolly Curses Copy Share Image
“What do you believe in?’ asked David. ‘I believe in those whom I love and trust. All else is foolishness. This god… — John Connolly Believe Copy Share Image
“Before she became ill, David’s mother would often tell him that stories were alive. They weren’t alive in the way that people… — John Connolly Parenting Copy Share Image
David's mother would often tell him stories were alive. They weren't alive in the way people were alive,or even dogs or cats.… — John Connolly Alive Copy Share Image
You mean they killed her?" asked David. They ate her," said Brother Number One. "With porridge. That's what 'ran away and was… — John Connolly Brother Copy Share Image
I think the act of reading imbues the reader with a sensitivity toward the outside world that people who don't read can… — John Connolly Books Copy Share Image
“Tony Fulci reached out and took Dale’s phone from his hand. It was an old flip-top, and Tony stared at it curiously,… — John Connolly Text Copy Share Image
“Before she came ill, David's mother would often tell him that stories were alive. They weren't alive in the way that people… — John Connolly Books Copy Share Image
“The hatred for ex-soldiers on the part of those who had not fought was something I could not understand. They wanted us… — John Connolly Peace Copy Share Image
“Oh, such promises we make in the heat of our passion, when the breath catches in the throat and the belly trembles.… — John Connolly Vows Copy Share Image
“There is a dark resource within all of us, a reservoir of hurt and pain and anger upon which we can draw… — John Connolly Dark Copy Share Image
“The trickster is an important archetype, a mischievous, sometimes malicious creature who survives the challenges of the world through deceit. Despite the… — John Connolly Archetype Copy Share Image
“Eventually the Woodsman spoke. ‘We all have our routines,’ he said softly. ‘But they must have a purpose and provide an outcome… — John Connolly Caged animal Copy Share Image
