I felt like I was seeing Shannon through a new lens, undistracted by Jennifer's nuclear glow. I could see how pretty she really was, how kind her eyes were.

Kenneth Oppel

Stichwörter: beauty



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The world should have been in Technicolour, but seemed more like black and white.

Kenneth Oppel

Stichwörter: inspirational-quotes



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I turned around and headed back to the stairwell, planning to go downstairs and buy a chocolate bar from the vending machine. Maybe it would fall on me and end my misery.

Kenneth Oppel

Stichwörter: real-life depressive



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Honestly," she sighed, "I don't know what kind of life we'll have together, with me always flying off in one direction and you in the other."
I smiled. "It's a good thing the world's round," I said.

Kenneth Oppel


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If my heart were a compass, you'd be North.

Kenneth Oppel


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Why do you need to fly so much?” she asked.
“If I don’t, it’ll catch up with me.” The words just came out.
“What will?”
I took my hands from my face, panting. I stared out at the storm.
“Unhappiness.

Kenneth Oppel

Stichwörter: unhappiness kenneth-oppel airborn kate-de-vries matt-cruse



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No, indeed, 'pig' is very expressive. And an excellent description of a fellow who flirts with his brother's beloved.

Kenneth Oppel

Stichwörter: elizabeth



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The preface? Why would he waste time with the preface? Skip the preface and move on to the meat of the thing!

Kenneth Oppel

Stichwörter: horror frankenstein this-dark-endeavor oppel nerd-humor



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If she can bite a vulture, she can jump a crack.
~Victor Frankenstein

Kenneth Oppel

Stichwörter: heroine frankenstein strong-heroine this-dark-endeavor oppel



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If you were closer, I'd slap you," she said.

"Let me help," I replied, and stepped closer.

She promptly slapped me, which surprised me only a little.

We glared at each other in the near dark, and then she looked away.

"I'm sorry I slapped you," she said.

"That's all right. I quite enjoyed it.

Kenneth Oppel

Stichwörter: elizabeth victor



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