“"Sarge, mr. Nurd here is threatening to turn me to jelly.""really?" said Sarge. "what flavor?”
“"Sarge, mr. Nurd here is threatening to turn me to jelly.""really?" said Sarge. "what flavor?”
John Connolly
“"Sarge, mr. Nurd here is threatening to turn me to jelly.""really?" said Sarge. "what flavor?”
John Connolly, The Gates“I feel that I'll be buried in Ireland and don't think I'll ever live in the U.S. I'm not comfortable with many aspects of U.S. society - especially the justice system.”
John Connolly“The only person who needs to know about failure is yourself.”
John Connolly“You have to understand that only the very worst end up here: the ones whose anger made them kill, and who felt no sorrow or guilt after the act; those so obsessed with themselves that they turned their backs on the sufferings of others, and left them in pain; those whose greed meant that others starved and died. Such souls belong here, because they would find no peace elsewhere. In this place, they are understood. In this place, their faults have meaning. In this place, they belong.”
John Connolly“But don't they say that all is fair in love and war? I heard that somewhere.""'They?' Who are 'they?'""I don't know. Just people.""That's what the victorious claim, not the defeated; the powerful, not the powerless. 'All is fair.' 'The end justifies the means.' Is that what you believe?”
John Connolly, The Infernals“And Nurd, who had never had a mother and father, and who had never loved or been loved, marvelled at the ways in which feeling so wonderful could also leave one open to so much pain. In a strange way, he envied Samuel even that. He wanted to care about someone so much that it could hurt.”
John Connolly, The Gates“They were on the side of the angels, even if the angels weren't entirely sure that this was a good thing.”
John Connolly, The Reapers“A demon obsessed with being human is a demon no longer”
John Connolly, The Infernals“We must have taken a wrong turn turning somewhere.""Where, Purgatory?" said Dozy. "We're in Hell.”
John Connolly, The Infernals“The law doesn't require truth, only the appearance of it. Most cases simply rest on a version of it that's acceptable to both sides. You want to know the only truth is? Everybody lies.--Elwin Stark”
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