“Was that—did she just grin at me? To me? A moment of stillness in this moment of pause. Without speaking, we let our gazes wander slow, groping to confirm relief in the other. There's a subdued excitement for the oncoming sharing of whatever's waiting for us behind that heavy iron door, exclusive—two solitary embers, isolated in their separate pits, far away but fanned by the same wind, the same night, alone with the night, their respective camps all gone to sleep, flaring softly cradled calling, out against the great dark backdrop of the great unknown.” RomanceRomanticRomantic QuotesPoetic ProsePoetic Fiction Author:Patrick Bryant
“He's got all the pains of being lost and all the benefits of being told where to go. He wants it the other way around.” Self DiscoverySelf RealizationComing Of AgeSelf Discovery QuotesComing Of Age Quotes Book:Hum A Radiant Sickness Source: Hum A Radiant Sickness
“He lies there listening to it, absorbing this sense of his own quiet drone transmuted into something of certain substance, something large, magnificent and grand—no longer him, no, but something bursting from him, leaving his split carcass behind as a monument to its source, its host, its feeding ground.” Self DiscoveryComing Of AgeComing Of Age NovelSelf Discovery QuotesComing Of Age Quotes Book:Hum A Radiant Sickness Source: Hum A Radiant Sickness
“Oh yes, he's seen the black pupils of time's eyes. Two dark drains in a pair of dirty gas station bathroom sinks. The faucet's open and he's gurgling down the pipes, gushing toward whatever tank he's bound to swirl around in for the rest of his life. There's no telling from here if that's a realm of purification or of shit. There's only one way to find out, and that's to ride it all the way down.” Coming Of AgeCynicalCynicismComing Of Age NovelComing Of Age QuotesCynical Quotes Book:Hum A Radiant Sickness Source: Hum A Radiant Sickness
“Pleading with those eyes, it's obvious what I'm meant to do. I embrace the beauty and kiss it deeply.” AestheticsAestheticismAesthetic BeautyAesthic Value Book:Hum A Radiant Sickness Source: Hum A Radiant Sickness