"Stories don't always have happy endings." This stopped him. Because they didn't, did they? That's one thing the monster had definitely taught him. Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn't expect.

The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do.

We don't say nothing more. What else is there to say? Everything and nothing. You can't say everything, so you don't say nothing.

Everything that's happened has brought me here, to this place, with this knife in my hand, and something worth saving.

People say they want freedom, but what they really want is freedom from worry. If I take care of their problems, they don't mind being told what to do.

Ideals, my girl,” she says. “Always easier to believe in than live.” “But if you don't at least try to live them,” Bradley says, “then there's no point in living at all.

I want a campfire box.