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21 " It will be fine. Go and season the door, just like regular people do all the time. "
― Darcy Coates , Craven Manor
22 " Beware the home that craves you, child. Your gift and your curse are the same. Beware the home that craves. "
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23 " the rifle cradled in the nook of his arm. When he saw them, he slowed to a halt and scanned the forest. “Either of you hurt?” “No,” Tara said, but "
― Darcy Coates , The Folcroft Ghosts
24 " eyes gazing out of teacups, eyes blended into nature, eyes appearing in the cracks of sandstone chimneys… "
― Darcy Coates , Dead Lake
25 " How do you even remember which ones you’ve read? Don’t they blend together after a while?” “Sure. But what does it matter if I forget a story after a month as long as I enjoy it while I’m reading it? "
26 " You’re right, poltergeists are the third classification. They’re not an entity in their own right, though. They’re altered versions of either spectres or imprints. When a ghost becomes highly emotional—if a researcher taunts them, for instance, or if they see a scene strongly reminiscent of a powerful moment from their life—they can gather additional energy and start affecting the physical world. Usually, that manifests as objects being thrown or as gusts of wind. Sometimes, poltergeists will try to touch you, which I’m told feels like an ice cube being run over your skin. "
― Darcy Coates , The Carrow Haunt
27 " It must be nice to be a cat. No bills to pay. No difficult clients. No having to figure out how to say, “Send me my damn money!” in a pleasant way because if you’re rude they won’t hire you again and you can’t afford to lose any work. "
― Darcy Coates , The Haunting of Ashburn House
28 " In her eyes, he’d never grown up. He was still a ten-year-old who needed hugs and biscuits when he scraped his knees, and wasn’t truly safe away from her watchful eye. He wished there was something he could say to give her comfort. "
― Darcy Coates , The Haunting of Rookward House
29 " Was that really blood sprayed over her chin? Adrienne looked back at the house as prickles ran over her arms. It had only been six or seven drops, but she was struggling to find any reasonable explanation for the red liquid. "
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31 " I love you, "
32 " he’d felt desperate, always clawing for just enough money to pay rent and eat, running the endless treadmill of job applications and rejections, and feeling that homelessness was always just a misstep away. "
33 " intermediate, and they all looped into the same part of the "
― Darcy Coates , Hunted
34 " she hated the concept of Uber. In her eyes, it was barely a step above hitchhiking. At least taxi drivers had to go through rigorous background checks. "
35 " There was a woman. An old and contorted woman. And the moon was somehow important. But every other detail fled as soon as she reached for it. "
36 " I’m going to be single my whole life. I’ll have twelve cats and live in a haunted house and be the happiest spinster you’ve ever met. "
37 " The fluttering emotion in her chest was beaten and bleeding, but still, it lived. "
― Darcy Coates , House of Shadows (Ghosts and Shadows,#1)
38 " The house, despite being caked in opulence, felt hostile, as though she were unworthy of staying in it. As if it barely tolerated her. The judgement seeped out of the walls and rose through the floorboards. It bled resentment. "
― Darcy Coates , Voices in the Snow (Black Winter, #1)
39 " Regret will drag you down, smother you, kill you. You’ve got to face forward. Try your hardest. Do what you can to improve the world while you have the chance. "
40 " Let's explore the house in the dark. We'll make it a proper gothic adventure. "
― Darcy Coates , The Haunting of Gillespie House