"David's mother would often tell him stories were……" — John Connolly
"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 whether you chose to notice them or not, while dogs tended to make you notice them if they decided that you weren't paying enough attention. Cats, meanwhile, were very good at pretending people didn't exist at all when it suited them..."
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John Connolly
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47 Quotes by John Connolly
John Connolly has 47 quotes on this site.
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For in every adult there dwells the child that was, and in every child there lies the adult that will…
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Being scared isn't the problem. It's not running away that's the hard part.
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I believe in those whom I love and trust. All else is foolishness. This god is as empty as his…
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You had evil inside you, and you indulged it. Men will always indulge it.
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You mean they killed her?" asked David. They ate her," said Brother Number One. "With porridge. That's what 'ran away…
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Once upon a time – for that is how all stories should begin – there was a boy who lost…
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It was an overcast late November morning, the grass splintered by hoarfrost, and winter grinning through the gaps in the…
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He had quite liked the dwarfs. He often had no idea what they were talking about, but for a group…
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He would talk to them of stories and books, and explain to them how stories wanted to be told and…
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Each man dreams his own heaven.
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He had never really speculated about this before, since demons came in all shapes and sizes. Indeed, some of them…
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I'm a ghost," said the small figure, then added, a little uncertainly, "Boo?
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Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.
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A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and…
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