“Place has always been important to me, and one thing today's Chicago exudes, as it did in 1893, is a sense of place. I fell in love with the city, the people I encountered, and above all the lake and its moods, which shift so readily from season to season, day to day, even hour to hour.”
― The Devil in the White City
― The Devil in the White City
“Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing.”
― Room
― Room
“The longer she lived in San Viejo, the more she appreciated the kind of things that went with living. Like having a window open when you slept, and grass, and tortillas. Being happy when people came to visit, and being happy when they left. The way certain things felt wonderful when you held them in your hands: a book, an ax, a baby, a beer, a big-ass pile of M&M’s.”
― Reincarnation Blues
― Reincarnation Blues
“He should have recognized that what really fascinated him was the hunt, the adventure of searching out his victims. And, to a degree, possessing them physically, as one would possess a potted plant, a painting or a Porsche. Owning, as it were, this individual.”
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“It's strange to own anything, Beverly thinks, even your flesh, that nobody outside yourself ever touches or sees.”
― Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories
― Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories
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