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“Jesper knocked his head against the hull and cast his eyes heavenward. 鈥淔ine. But if Pekka Rollins kills us all, I鈥檓 going to get Wylan鈥檚 ghost to teach my ghost how to play the flute just so that I can annoy the hell out of your ghost.鈥
Brekker鈥檚 lips quirked. 鈥淚鈥檒l just hire Matthias鈥 ghost to kick your ghost鈥檚 ass.鈥
鈥淢y ghost won鈥檛 associate with your ghost,鈥 Matthias said primly, and then wondered if the sea air was rotting his brain.”
― Six of Crows
Brekker鈥檚 lips quirked. 鈥淚鈥檒l just hire Matthias鈥 ghost to kick your ghost鈥檚 ass.鈥
鈥淢y ghost won鈥檛 associate with your ghost,鈥 Matthias said primly, and then wondered if the sea air was rotting his brain.”
― Six of Crows

“I am like a small creature swallowed whole by a monster, she thought, and the monster feels my tiny little movements inside.”
― The Haunting of Hill House
― The Haunting of Hill House

“I am haunted by the ghost of my father, I think that should allow me to quote Hamlet as much as I please.”
― The Night Circus
― The Night Circus

“He was a lonely ghost uttering a truth that nobody would ever hear. But so long as he uttered it, in some obscure way the continuity was not broken. It was not by making yourself heard but by staying sane that you carried on the human heritage.”
― 1984
― 1984
“Everybody is equally weak on the inside, just that some present their ruins as new castles and become kings 鈥”
― Nightmarish Sacrifice
― Nightmarish Sacrifice

“鈥he painting was now all finished, she would leave the masking tape on till it dried. It was satisfying to do this. A job with a beginning, middle and end, and people to have dinner with. Don鈥檛 think about it, keep busy. Got no money anyway.”
― A MAN WHO SEEMED REAL: A story of love, lies, fear and kindness
― A MAN WHO SEEMED REAL: A story of love, lies, fear and kindness

“There is no father,鈥 he said eventually, 鈥楢nd I believe you鈥檙e running away from something. You鈥檙e a lovely woman trying to hold it all together but it鈥檚 too much for you. You think I鈥檓 a stupid old man who doesn鈥檛 care what he looks like and sits here day after day with nothing to do. And doesn鈥檛 notice anything. But you don鈥檛 know what鈥檚 here inside 鈥︹ he laid his arm across his chest, 鈥楳y soul and my heart and my mind. There is so much in here it鈥檚 bursting and roving around the world like a lost soul with no home, endlessly looking and searching. I feel the mystery, I sense the mysteries 鈥 and the endless joy and the wonder and incredible beauty of the world and the pain and the cruelty. You feel all this too Sarah, but you pretend you鈥檙e a shallow woman with some sort of story, and underneath you think about 鈥 many things. Which of my books are you itching to get your hands on, huh? And you鈥檙e carrying the pain around with you, and something has just happened, and you are worried and, something has happened in the last few minutes and it鈥檚 all more than you can bear, and you need to tell me, yes me, Samuel. I am so much more than you think I am, and I can understand, and I can help.鈥 Ruby looked up startled and their eyes met. 鈥業 am so tired,鈥 she said, 鈥榊es, you are right. I am so very tired of it all.'聽”
― A MAN WHO SEEMED REAL: A story of love, lies, fear and kindness
― A MAN WHO SEEMED REAL: A story of love, lies, fear and kindness

“Jeremy, I鈥檒l say this once,鈥 he (Jonathan) began, 鈥業鈥檓 not going to be drawn into any silly squabble you want to invent. I am not going to defend my recent behaviour in the village or anywhere else. I am not going to tell you my plans, I have had reasons for everything I鈥檝e done and a great deal of thinking has gone into my recent very painful decisions鈥”
― A MAN WHO SEEMED REAL: A story of love, lies, fear and kindness
― A MAN WHO SEEMED REAL: A story of love, lies, fear and kindness

“Was there something 鈥 something evil 鈥etting at Hugo? This bizarre and unwelcome thought surfaced in his mind. Were demons and evil spirits only to be found in the bible stories, or maybe this was some sort of challenge to him to deal with without help from anyone, least of all from the One who he constantly questioned and tried to understand 鈥”
― A MAN WHO SEEMED REAL: A story of love, lies, fear and kindness
― A MAN WHO SEEMED REAL: A story of love, lies, fear and kindness

“She ran down the street and round the corner and up two more streets and crossed the road. 鈥榃ill I be safe from him?鈥 the girl had said. And will I be safe from Samuel? She reached her car and threw her bag on the front seat and sat holding the steering wheel. Where to go, where to run to?”
― A MAN WHO SEEMED REAL: A story of love, lies, fear and kindness
― A MAN WHO SEEMED REAL: A story of love, lies, fear and kindness

“Oh God just look at me now... one night opens words and utters pain... I cannot begin to explain to you... this... I am not here. This is not happening. Oh wait, it is, isn't it?
I am a ghost. I am not here, not really. You see skin and cuts and frailty...these are symptoms, you known, of a ghost. An unclear image with unclear thoughts whispering vague things...
If I told you what was really in my head, you''d never let me leave this place. And I have no desire to spend time in hell while I'm still, in theory, alive.”
― The Finer Points of Becoming Machine
I am a ghost. I am not here, not really. You see skin and cuts and frailty...these are symptoms, you known, of a ghost. An unclear image with unclear thoughts whispering vague things...
If I told you what was really in my head, you''d never let me leave this place. And I have no desire to spend time in hell while I'm still, in theory, alive.”
― The Finer Points of Becoming Machine

“Hi Hazel Well here I am in the office and it鈥檚 dead quiet. What I鈥檒l do is email pics of some of the stuff in the files and the comments with them. This is exactly what you wanted 鈥 stuff about the Games people played together with comments people made. Perfect!”
― A MAN WHO SEEMED REAL: A story of love, lies, fear and kindness
― A MAN WHO SEEMED REAL: A story of love, lies, fear and kindness

“You are thinking in human terms again,
and forgetting Time is neither tick nor tock...
Jarle Heavyfoot”
― Ghost Doors
and forgetting Time is neither tick nor tock...
Jarle Heavyfoot”
― Ghost Doors

“Ghosts do not haunt, they regress. Just as when you need to go to sleep you think of trees or lawns, you are taking instant symbolic refuge in a ready-made iconography of early safety and satisfaction. That exact place is where ghosts go.”
― Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
― Grief Is the Thing with Feathers

“How do you plan to scare people tonight?" asked a hollow-voiced spector. "I'll wait until they sit down to supper, then scream whenever someone sticks his knife in his meat."
I'll haunt the bedchambers," said another. "A bloody ax at midnight always gets a good reaction."
A ghost with a purplish tinge to his aura spoke next. "I can top both of you. I'm going to dress like a guard and haunt the privy. I'll hide in the hole and when anyone sits down I'll wail, 'Who goes there? State your business!”
― Once Upon a Curse
I'll haunt the bedchambers," said another. "A bloody ax at midnight always gets a good reaction."
A ghost with a purplish tinge to his aura spoke next. "I can top both of you. I'm going to dress like a guard and haunt the privy. I'll hide in the hole and when anyone sits down I'll wail, 'Who goes there? State your business!”
― Once Upon a Curse

“Ackx must have owed him big time,鈥 Q said in his drawly Clint Eastwood voice. 鈥淎 favour like that doesn鈥檛 come cheap.鈥
Bonnyman spat into the fire. 鈥淎 favour like that is only made between psychosis and a lust for power.”
― Xyz
Bonnyman spat into the fire. 鈥淎 favour like that is only made between psychosis and a lust for power.”
― Xyz

“The rhythm of the footsteps, the sound of whatever is coming down the ladder is driving both me and my mom steadily toward peeing our pants.”
― Anna Dressed in Blood
― Anna Dressed in Blood

“Silent as a flower, her face fell in dismay, aware that the ghost of lust ate and left, sensing that there was a different scent of perfume consuming the room, and that she had numbered and counted the he loves me, he loves me not of each petal, where the lifeless dust had settle.”
―
―

“Her soft trailing fingers would continue to attempt a connection that I refused to allow; that I couldn鈥檛 allow if I wanted to survive.”
― Caged in Darkness
― Caged in Darkness

“Nico knew something about ghosts. Letting them get inside your head was dangerous. He wanted to help Reyna, but since his own strategy was to deal with his problems alone, spurning anyone who tried to get close, he couldn鈥檛 exactly criticize Reyna for doing the same thing.”
― The Blood of Olympus
― The Blood of Olympus

“No,鈥 she said. 鈥淵ou are not Patrick Swayze. I am not Demi Moore.鈥 She touched a switch on the little box and it started ticking. 鈥淎nd this sure as hell isn't pottery class.”
― Ghost Story
― Ghost Story

“Before me floats an image, man or shade,
Shade more than man, more image than a shade;
For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cloth
May unwind the winding path;
A mouth that has no moisture and no breath
Breathless mouths may summon;
("Byzantium")”
― The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Shade more than man, more image than a shade;
For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cloth
May unwind the winding path;
A mouth that has no moisture and no breath
Breathless mouths may summon;
("Byzantium")”
― The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats

“At least I graduated," he muttered, stabbing the key in and unlocking the door.
I sucked in a breath. "I think dying was a little out of my control, thank you very much."
"If you say so". He shrugged, but I saw the corner of his mouth turn up into a faint smile.”
―
I sucked in a breath. "I think dying was a little out of my control, thank you very much."
"If you say so". He shrugged, but I saw the corner of his mouth turn up into a faint smile.”
―

“Nice is a city of ghosts and specters, but I hope not to become one of them right away.”
― Rue des Boutiques Obscures
― Rue des Boutiques Obscures

“I don鈥檛 want to leave. I鈥檓 not sure how to carry on without you. We鈥檝e always been together.
鈥淎nd that will never change. You鈥檒l still be able to watch over me and keep me safe.鈥
I鈥檓 not going to say goodbye then. See you later?
鈥淵ou bet,鈥 Karlee said. 鈥淏ut not for another sixty years or so.”
― Crossover
鈥淎nd that will never change. You鈥檒l still be able to watch over me and keep me safe.鈥
I鈥檓 not going to say goodbye then. See you later?
鈥淵ou bet,鈥 Karlee said. 鈥淏ut not for another sixty years or so.”
― Crossover
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