Ashes
A source page for quotes linked to Ilsa J. Bick.
“Honestly, Bob: how do you carve a scream?”
“They call it the drowning instinct. It's when drowning doesn't look like drowning.”
“How people react is going to be based on how you react.”
“We all have our fictions, little lies we tell ourselves to keep going from one day to the next.”
“The familiar was usually invisible; how many people really noticed everything they saw?”
“I am a ghost in a land of phantoms and forgotten nightmares.”
“Follow your heart. Just don't get lost.”
“Those brain-zapped kids weren’t the only - or maybe even the worst - enemy.”
“The things you think about when you're a hair's breath away from getting yourself killed.”
“What's the point of not taking chances? I don't know if I could stand living my whole life afraid.”
“So I need the story, Jenna. I need the truth. Right, like the two are the same thing.”
“This is a fairy tale with teeth and claws.”
“My English teacher said that a writer is the worst judge of his own work.”
“They call it the drowning instinct. It's when drowning doesn't look like drowning. (pg. 241)”
“Sometimes you don't know what you need until it's gone”