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1 " [...] the thought of entering that stale, tomb-like house again caused my skin to break out into braille. "
― Ronald Malfi , December Park
2 " I’m so sick of political correctness. I’m suffocated by it. We’re so goddamn politically correct that we lose our individualism, our definition as human beings. Don’t you agree? "
― Ronald Malfi , Snow
3 " It has been said that nature does not know extinction. In effect, it knows only change: nothing ever truly disappears, for there is always something—some part, some particle, some formidable semblance—left behind. You can boil water into vapor, but it hasn’t disappeared. Curiosity killed the cat, but condensation brought it back. "
― Ronald Malfi , Floating Staircase
4 " You can run away, but darkness has quick feet and large wings, and it will follow you... "
― Ronald Malfi , Cradle Lake
5 " The shallow forests toward the west glowed with an almost preternatural haze, and the highway blacktop shimmered beneath a slick cocktail of rainwater and motor oil. "
― Ronald Malfi , Bone White
6 " There was sadness in her eyes, a tired resignation. "
― Ronald Malfi , Little Girls
7 " All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald, "
8 " Small towns are secrets kept by the elderly. "
― Ronald Malfi , The Narrows
9 " All good books are honest books. "
10 " Before we begin, I want your word that much of what I show you tonight stays between us. "
11 " Marlen Zyla:„»Darf ich etwas gestehen?«»Klar.«Auf die Gefahr hin, dass ich meinen Männerführerschein abgeben muss, und trotz der Tatsache, dass ich meinen Lebensunterhalt mit diesem riesigen Sattelschlepper da hinten verdiene, verstehe ich einen Scheiß von Autos. "
― Ronald Malfi , The Night Parade
12 " »Ich bin so eine Art Gärtner geworden. Ein paar der besten Persönlichkeiten, die ich kenne, sind Pflanzen.« "
13 " Weißt du, es ist kein Zufall, dass wir in den letzten eineinhalb Jahren den Kontakt zueinander verloren haben. Es ist einfacher, sich davon zu überzeugen, dass es einem nichts ausmacht, dass die Welt stirbt, als wenn man ständig Kontakt mit geliebten Menschen hat, die zusammen mit dem Rest sterben werden. "
14 " What you do is have situations dictate your life instead of having your life dictate your situations.” “Is "
15 " At the horizon, the sky looked like hammered sheet metal. "
16 " When you withdraw from the world, you find that the world withdraws from you, too. Then all that’s left is the Grayness, the Void, and this is where you remain. Like a cancerous cell. Like a cut of tissue, diseased, in a Petri dish. "
17 " The world she knew suddenly was full of innocent little girls turned mad. "
18 " The smile she offered him was so innocent and pretty it nearly shattered his heart. "
19 " the serenity of the world tugging tight the straps of its cloak around the smattering of low brick buildings; the sunlight receding from the cobblestones along Main Street; the fallen leaves swept along the intersections and parking lots in a cold breeze scented with the promise of Christmas… But "
― Ronald Malfi , They Lurk
20 " KEEP EARTH CLEAN, IT’S NOT URANUS for "
― Ronald Malfi , Come with Me
