Compelling Quote by Caitlín R. Kiernan

Every month, the US is spending more on the Iraqi war than it took to reach Saturn and Titan. Mass murder is expensive, and…

— Caitlín R. Kiernan

A book may only be judged for what it is, not what you'd like it to be.

— Caitlín R. Kiernan

“It is not the task of a writer to 'tell all,' or even to decide what to leave in, but to decide what to…

— Caitlín R. Kiernan

Hauntings are memes, especially pernicious thought contagions, social contagions that need no viral or bacterial host and are transmitted in a thousand different ways.…

— Caitlín R. Kiernan

Magick may be no more than the willful invocation of awe.

— Caitlín R. Kiernan

“We ordered Chinese takeout, and my fortune cookie said, “Don’t stop now.”

— Caitlín R. Kiernan

“No one we knew ever believed that there was anything between us but the sex and some virulent allure, my dirty dishwater circling the…

— Caitlín R. Kiernan

You know, it's a sad and unfortunate state of affairs that you have to live in a world where eight-year-olds refuse to believe in…

— Caitlín R. Kiernan

“What makes us brave isn't lacking the good sence to be afraid; it's looking back at what we've lived through and seeing if we've…

— Caitlín R. Kiernan

“Consider," she said, "what it is, a unicorn. It is the incarnation of purity, an avatar of innocence. And here is the power of…

— Caitlín R. Kiernan

Originality is the most deadly mirage in all of art. You can chase it from now until doomsday, and you'll only find yourself lost…

— Caitlín R. Kiernan

Normal is a bitter pill that we rail against.

— Caitlín R. Kiernan