“All I could think was that grandfathers were supposed to die in beds, in hushed places humming with machines, not in heaps on the sodden reeking ground with ants marching over them, a brass letter opener clutched in one trembling hand.”
RR
“Strange, I thought, how you can be living your dreams and your nightmares at the very same time.”
Ransom Riggs
“...slow and drunk is no match for fast and scared shitless.”
Ransom Riggs
“She moved to pinch me again but I blocked her hand. I'm no expert on girls, but when one tries to pinch you four times, I'm pretty sure that's flirting.”
Ransom Riggs
“I didn’t know what to call it, what was happening between us, but I liked it. It felt silly and fragile and good.”
Ransom Riggs
“If I never went home, what exactly would I be missing? I pictured my cold cavernous house, my friendless town full of bad memories, the utterly unremarkable life that had been mapped out for me. It ha...”
Ransom Riggs