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21 " It couldn’t be a coincidence that the candy had been named after a brood parasite known for laying its eggs in the nests of other birds. "
― Kealan Patrick Burke , Sour Candy
22 " The man on the porch seemed to have brought his own clouds. "
― Kealan Patrick Burke , Stage Whispers: The Collected Timmy Quinn Stories (Timmy Quinn #1-5)
23 " Everything isn't dead. Only gone. "
― Kealan Patrick Burke , Kin
24 " Heaven Is An Orchard Though Its Roots Wind Down To Hell "
25 " Everything's dark, nothing is bright," the child sang, "No one can stop us on Halloween night." Evelyn smiled. "This is our night, this is our street, give us some money, or candy to eat." The "
― Kealan Patrick Burke , Dead Leaves: 9 Tales from the Witching Season
26 " You say you can’t imagine what it must be like to lose a child. Let me make it easy for you. It’s the beginning of the end of your world. "
― Kealan Patrick Burke , Blanky
27 " It is not how you walk, or where, or how far. It is all in the sound of the steps and how the night receives them. "
28 " All my talent, if that's what you'd call it, goes only one way these days. Into the worst kind of darkness. "
29 " That’s right. Tomorrow’s the day I try to kill you.” “Goodnight Daddy.” “Goodnight, son. "
30 " Before you get too giddy, remember therapy isn't going to come cheap." "What do you want to do? Sell one of the kids?" He grinned wryly. "No, I already looked into that. Ohio isn't one of the states where it's allowed." "So what are our options?" "We could tip some whale hunters to the location of your mom. "
― Kealan Patrick Burke , Jack & Jill
31 " The knowledge that they existed, those phantoms that forever haunted the corner of the eye, was a form of haunting in itself. "
32 " People tend to distance themselves from the insane, as if to inquire is to request an invitation to the same dance. "
33 " He kept his hands off the plastic tablecloth. It was a museum of past meals. "
34 " Angels told me you're the poison, and always have been. Said you used God as an excuse to hurt people, includin' your own kin. "
35 " Everything is preplanned, a fact that might not upset humankind as much if they were let in on the secret, "
36 " A thin pig was about as common as balls on a scarecrow. "
37 " He'd first seen her as a battered broken thing and his empathy had quickly become desire. She would wake, he'd believed, and she would need him. But it was clear now that she needed no one. "
38 " The pictures on the walls would show his family and friends and Lori and no towheaded Amish-clad spawn of Satan, and "
39 " Positive reinforcement to counter negative experience, because ultimately, nobody wants to face the bad things alone. "
40 " Keep goin', he told himself. Not far. Get there and you can sit and figure out what happens next. But keep movin'. "