Alternative Quote by charlie huston

“Brandt and a couch-or worse, an empty master bedroom-were a very bad combo. He morphed from vaguely risque fling to bad-boy octopus man whenever…

— Diana Peterfreund

“... he had never once been frightened of a living one before. They were too fragile, too easily broken and dismantled: They had bones…

— Lauren Oliver

“This was the first living creature I had ever loved passionately, because he returned my affection. My love for the animal was, no doubt,…

— Guy de Maupassant

“Because he was always tremendously generated towards complete relationship with his women to the point where they ended up in one convoluted octopus mess…

— Jack Kerouac

“He liked living simply. And he liked living alone. He had grown to dislike physical affection. It was intrusive, and it bullied his self…

— John Shirley

“Some creatures are just meant to be left alone. They can’t be held on to, even if we love them more than anything.”

— Amy Greene

“Could a creature who had to look upon ordinary people literally as food and shelter ever understand how strongly those people valued life?”

— Octavia E. Butler

“A very, terribly long time ago, before such things as television and good table manners or even children, ferocious monsters roamed a younger, angrier…

— Berkeley Breathed

“He'd been a shy, quiet, bookish kid, and that had been painful; now he was a big dumb guy, and nobody expected him to…

— Neil Gaiman

“It didn't seem the right time to tell him where the worst monsters hide. They conceal themselves cleverly inside our heads and wait for…

— Helen Brown

“It struck him that the truly characteristic thing about modern life was not its cruelty and insecurity, but simply it's bareness, it's dinginess, it's…

— George Orwell

“Monsters can live inside a person. Sometimes they know about it. More often they don't.”

— Nikki Rae