There are worse things than being robbed..." I could smell the sick old-meat stench on his breath, like he really had eaten my grandmother. "...worse things than dyin' even. You be a good boy, Little Red, and maybe you'll get to live awhile. Maybe you'll get to die in your own natural time.
Neal ShustermanI came running down the stairs that morning, like it was Christmas. My parents were already up. In my family, presents never waited; they were there upon waking. Our family has a problem with what they called delayed gratification. We want what we want when we want it, and we always want it now.
Neal ShustermanTag: wealth ennui want spoiled delayed-gratification
Makes sense, the earth is quick to consume the flesh of things that ain't natural.
Neal ShustermanTag: earth werewolf unnatural consume
You tell your brother he's gonna pay for that car in silver.
Neal ShustermanTag: revenge funny cheesy werewolf
Live by your impulses, and you'll be just like them. You're better than that, aren't you, Red?
Neal ShustermanTag: life live better impulses better-person
Good thing about bad rubbish is you can make the stench go away just by covering it up. It never comes back as long as you keep a tight lid on it.
Neal ShustermanHow many kids are in the Graveyard?"
"A bunch."
"Who sends your supplies?"
"George Washington. Or is it Abraham Lincoln? I forget."
"How often do you receive new arrivals?"
"About as often as you beat your wife.
Tag: humor sarcasm humorous snark sarcastic risa-ward
History is written by the victors--and when there is no victors, it all winds up in the corporate shredders.
Neal ShustermanTag: connor admiral-dunfee
It made my blood boil so hot, my brain stopped working right.
Neal ShustermanTheir fate rested entirely on me. I could save them by telling the truth. I could destroy them by lying. No one should have that much power.
Neal ShustermanTag: truth power fate lie lying
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