All John Connolly Quotes
- For in every adult there dwells the child that was, and in every child there lies the adult that will be. Adult
- Being scared isn't the problem. It's not running away that's the hard part. Hard
- I believe in those whom I love and trust. All else is foolishness. This god is as empty as his church. His followers choose to… Abandon
- You had evil inside you, and you indulged it. Men will always indulge it. Always Indulge
- You mean they killed her?" asked David. They ate her," said Brother Number One. "With porridge. That's what 'ran away and was never seen again'… Asked
- Once upon a time – for that is how all stories should begin – there was a boy who lost his mother. All
- It was an overcast late November morning, the grass splintered by hoarfrost, and winter grinning through the gaps in the clouds like a bad clown… Bad
- He had quite liked the dwarfs. He often had no idea what they were talking about, but for a group of homicidal, class-obsessed small people,… Class
- He would talk to them of stories and books, and explain to them how stories wanted to be told and books wanted to be read,… Any
- Each man dreams his own heaven. Dream
- He had never really speculated about this before, since demons came in all shapes and sizes. Indeed, some of them came in more than one… All
- I'm a ghost," said the small figure, then added, a little uncertainly, "Boo? Added
- I think the act of reading imbues the reader with a sensitivity toward the outside world that people who don't read can sometimes lack. I… Act
- And David saw himself reflected in the Woodsman's eyes, and there he was no longer old but a young man, for a man is always… Apart
- . . . For a lifetime was but a moment in that place, and each man dreams his own heaven. And in the darkness David… All
- Without a human voice to read them aloud, or a pair of wide eyes following them by flashlight beneath a blanket, books had no real… Aloud
- The Detective was different. Not that he wasn't a good man; Willie had heard enough about him to understand that he was the kind who… Badges
- They were on the side of the angels, even if the angels weren't entirely sure that this was a good thing. Angel
- I'd been hurt, and in response I had acted violently, destroying a little of myself each time I did so. Acted
- This life is filled with threats and danger, David. We face those that we have to face, and there will be times when we must… Act
- On more than one occasion David, in his urge to explore the darker corners of the bookshelves, had found himself wearing strands of spider silk… Arachnoid
- My feelings for Raphael are mine, and mine alone. I loved him, and that is all anyone needs to know. The rest is no business… All
- You don't have much faith in people, do you?' asked David. 'I don't have much faith in anything,' Roland replied. 'Not even in myself. Asked
- I am sorry," I whispered. "I am sorry for all of the ways that I failed you. I am sorry that I was not there… All
- 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. People were alive… Alive