“And, in the darkness, David closed his eyes as all that was lost was found again.” — John Connolly Beautiful Copy Share Image
“Families,” said Angel, with some feeling. “Can’t live with them, can’t have them killed without complications.” — John Connolly Angel Copy Share Image
“and favored an obscure French perfume that reminded Kirk of dead chanteuses. Madlyn still saw the ghosts,” — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“When did you get so clever?" "When I realized I wasn't as clever as I thought.” — John Connolly Clever Copy Share Image
“think you just like tethering goats.” “Well, be sure to tell me when your rope begins” — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“He was trying to put loss into words, but loss is absence and will always defy expression.” — John Connolly Language Copy Share Image
Being scared isn't the problem. It's not running away that's the hard part. — John Connolly Being scared Copy Share Image
“Wickedness never rests easily so, in a way, one might almost feel pity for the wicked, for they are destined to live… — John Connolly Distrust Copy Share Image
“And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“Then again, maybe nostalgia was an understandable response to a world that appeared to be going all to hell, as long as… — John Connolly Nostalgia Copy Share Image
“No matter how hard Evil tries, it can never quite match up to the power of Good, because Evil is ultimately self-destructive.… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“She might suspect it, but I haven’t met a mother yet who’d admit her child was out where the buses don’t run,… — John Connolly Children Copy Share Image
“Death does not come quickly for Babe. Death pilfers Babe piece by piece, pound by pound. But not before Babe conspires with… — John Connolly Death Copy Share Image
I don't think," he said, "that a vicar is supposed to beat a bishop to death, or even back to death." Mr.… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“Contentment is a very underrated feeling, but you only learn that as you get older, and with it comes regret that it… — John Connolly Contentment 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 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 Copy Share Image
“The beam caught the bowed head of Angel. He glanced up into Bobby Sciorra’s eyes and smiled. Sciorra looked puzzled for a… — John Connolly Too late Copy Share Image
He would talk to them of stories and books, and explain to them how stories wanted to be told and books wanted… — John Connolly Book Copy Share Image
42. Most people will spend their lives doing jobs that they don't particularly enjoy, and will eventually save up enough money to… — John Connolly Death Copy Share Image
Without a human voice to read them aloud, or a pair of wide eyes following them by flashlight beneath a blanket, books… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“When Louis relaxed, it was an indication that a threat was at hand and he was preparing to act, as when an… — John Connolly Tension 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 Spider Copy Share Image
“You have to understand that only the very worst end up here: the ones whose anger made them kill, and who felt… — John Connolly Anger 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
“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
“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
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 Copy Share Image
“It is a curious fact that small boys are more terrified of their babysitters than small girls are. In part, this is… — John Connolly Adult life 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
“I was a child who loved books, and I am an adult who is the product of books.” — John Connolly Copy Share Image
You had evil inside you, and you indulged it. Men will always indulge it. — John Connolly Evil Copy Share Image
