“They were the clothes of a child, and he was a child no longer.” — John Connolly Child Copy Share Image
“Perhaps other souls than human are sometimes born into the world, and clothed in human flesh. —” — John Connolly Nature of man Copy Share Image
“I think we’ve established that her son is crazy, and crazy cancels out clever every time.” — John Connolly Crazy Copy Share Image
I'm a ghost," said the small figure, then added, a little uncertainly, "Boo? — John Connolly Figures Copy Share Image
As I get older I tend to rail against the world more and more. — John Connolly Against Copy Share Image
“When she was taken from me it was like the death of a world, an infinite number of futures coming to an… — John Connolly Coming to an end Copy Share Image
I think people are confusing the right to write with the right to be published. — John Connolly Confusing Copy Share Image
“He has his father’s distinctive good looks, like a badly made crash test dummy. He also smells like a funeral parlor, but… — John Connolly Father Copy Share Image
“Stories wanted to be read, David's mother would whisper. They needed it. It was the reason they forced themselves from their world… — John Connolly Life Copy Share Image
“Although it was cold out, he opened the window slightly because the room smelled of sleep. The action dislodged something red and… — John Connolly Red and black Copy Share Image
“If you’re getting fucked, then you’re getting fucked. But if you’re getting fucked by someone who’s smiling, then you’re really getting fucked.” — John Connolly Fucked Copy Share Image
“A job, in their view, was a job, and, as with most jobs, you just had to find that perfect balance between… — John Connolly Perfect balance Copy Share Image
She was plump, with dyed red hair and a face so caked with cosmetics that the floor of the Amazon jungle probably… — John Connolly Amazon Copy Share Image
“Funny, that. For so long Wormwood had desired the throne and then, when he'd had it, it hadn't been worth desiring after… — John Connolly Funny Copy Share Image
“I think Philip could spend an afternoon throwing puppies from the top of the Empire State and only stop when his arm… — John Connolly Animal Copy Share Image
We all have our routines," he said softly."But they must have a purpose and provide an outcome that we can see and… — John Connolly Animal Copy Share Image
“At the Oceana Apartments, he recollects leaving England in triumph, infused with a joy he has not felt in many years. England… — John Connolly Hope Copy Share Image
“The presence in the living room called to her, summoning her in a hundred voices and none, a great dissonant harmony alien… — John Connolly Life Copy Share Image
“Every individual spends a lifetime trying to disprove Copernicus by placing him- or herself at the heart of existence, but a small… — John Connolly Copernicus Copy Share Image
“The Great Malevolence had been squatting in the blackness for a very long time. He was there billions of years before people,… — John Connolly Biology Copy Share Image
“But don't they say that all is fair in love and war? I heard that somewhere." "'They?' Who are 'they?'" "I don't… — John Connolly Defeated Copy Share Image
What is good for you creatively is usually bad commercially. You thrive financially by sticking to a series and not fiddling about… — John Connolly Bad Copy Share Image
“V-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y, David explained that without slates on the roof, the rain would get in. In their way, they were just as… — John Connolly Rain 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 Books Copy Share Image
“Let me tell you the truth about the world to which you so desperately want to return. It is a place of… — John Connolly Children Copy Share Image
“bought a pristine copy of Man on the Run, a biography of Paul McCartney that began not with the Beatles, but with… — John Connolly Cool kid Copy Share Image
There are people whose eyes you must avoid, whose attention you must not draw to yourself. They are strange, parasitic creatures, lost… — John Connolly Abyss Copy Share Image
“A little girl was threatened by a wolf while walking through the forest, and as she fled from him she met a… — John Connolly Little girl Copy Share Image
“So what you gonna do?” “Push a stick into the beehive and rustle up some bees. The Larousses are hosting a party… — John Connolly Party Copy Share Image
I dream dark dreams. I dream of a figure moving through the forest, of children flying from his path, of young women… — John Connolly Air Copy Share Image
“That evening, as he got ready for bed, he heard his mother and father talking in their bedroom, and that was how… — John Connolly Billy Copy Share Image
“He had loved her as much as a man can love his wife, and so nothing more need be said.” — John Connolly Loved Copy Share Image
“One lies in truth, One truth is lies. One path is death, One path is life. One question asked, The path to… — John Connolly Death Copy Share Image