“The guaranteed cure for heartbreak: find pain that’s much, much worse.”
Will McIntosh“Humans draw a hard line between thinking something and saying it aloud.”
Will McIntosh, Defenders“Carpe Diem, just remember that we're partying on the Titanic.”
Will McIntosh, Soft Apocalypse“Why was it so unlikely that you could meet your soul mate by hitting her with your vehicle? Why was it more likely you’d meet her at your cousin’s wedding?”
Will McIntosh, Love Minus Eighty“The guaranteed cure for heartbreak: find pain that’s much, much worse.”
Will McIntosh, Love Minus Eighty“What?" The dread in her tone told Rob she knew what. "How much longer?""Thirty seconds."She laughed with a panicked urgency. "I just tried to nod. I can't feel my body, but I keep reaching for it, you know?"Rob nodded, feeling guilty he was able to."How about this? I'll just tell you when I'm nodding, or shaking my head, or punching you.""Oh, no," Rob laughed, "are you planning on punching me often?""We'll see."Rob couldn't help glancing at the timer, though he knew it would only make Winter more aware of what was about to happen. Seven seconds."I keep expecting this to get easier, taht it will start to feel as if I'm going to sleep. But it doesn't. Maybe it's not possible to get used to dying."Rob reached out to comfort her, then remembered it was forbidden and drew back. If not for the surveillance, Rob would have reached under the silver cover and taken her hand, cold and stiff as it would have been.”
Will McIntosh, Love Minus Eighty“This is the future,” Lycan said. “Connecting people to each other directly.”
Will McIntosh, Love Minus Eighty“The mind always found its way back to baseline.”
Will McIntosh, Love Minus Eighty