“You play with fire, little one. The pumkin may appear tame, but the ember burns hot within.”
Source: The Pumpkin King's Bride
“On peut rire de tout mais pas avec n'importe qui.”
“It is very lonely to be surrounded by those who will never see you as anything but a monster.”
Source: The Pumpkin King's Bride
“Then you will be mine, and I yours. Because I cannot fathom any fate but this, now that I have found you.”
Source: The Pumpkin King's Bride
“What we are is nature! We are forces that should never be tamed”
Source: Seasons of the Storm
“Her arms tightened around our daughter as if she was afraid I was going to snatch her away. "Get out."
"Katiebear, I'm so sorry."
"I hate you," she whispered, he eyes filling with tears. "I wish you were dead because then I could have my children back."
I stumbled away from the bed, horrified, and watched as she fell asleep as if I'd never even been there.
Jesus Christ, what had I done?”
Source: Unbreak My Heart
“I want to say now that the voice takes up space, in two senses. It inhabits and occupies space; and it also actively procures space for itself. The voice takes place in space, because the voice is space.”
Source: Dumbstruck: A Cultural History of Ventriloquism
“A talking mongoose, one must admit, is a more captivating figure than the typical Charlie McCarthy knockoff.”
Source: The Curious Case of the Talking Mongoose
“It was a rare dummy that invested itself too much in caring for humans, deaf to their input and condescending to them as a rule.”
Source: The Road to Vent Haven
“Ventriloquism was once sacred. Priests spoke from their stomachs, believing they were communing with the unliving, who set up shop there.”
Source: The Road to Vent Haven