Quotes by Stephen Graham

“Can’t I just like horror because it’s great? Does there have to be some big explanation?””

“You put your reminders of pain on the wall and pray to them. We still hurt, so we don’t need that reminder.””

“What he didn't say was that you don't get cold-resistant because your jackets suck, you just stop complaining about it after a while, because complaining doesn't make you any warmer.””

“The land claims what you leave behind.””

“Some girls just don't know how to die.””

“An elk mother, cornered, will slash with her hooves and tear with her mouth and even offer the hope of her own hamstrings, and if none of that works, she'll rise again years and years later, because it's never over, it's always just beginning again.””

“When the whole world hurts, you bite it. Don't you?””

“It's soft at the end. Not just the pain, but the world.””

“If you’re not a beautiful monster, then you’re a villager,””

“These are the kind of wrong thoughts people have who are spending too much time alone. They start unpacking vast cosmic bullshit from gum wrappers, and then they chew it up, blow a bubble, ride that bubble up into some even stupider place.””

“Because she’s Jade fucking Daniels. And a thousand men like you can’t even reach up to touch her combat boots.””

“The depravity of man's heart knows no floor, and everyone in this hard country has a sordid chapter in the story of their life, that they're trying either to atone for, or stay ahead of.””

“For them, ten years ago, that's another lifetime.For you, it's yesterday.””

“And, if I'm to be honest here, yes, I did indeed stop trying, finally. But the body breathes whether you want it to or not. The heart keeps beating. Perhaps because it knows more than you do--knows that, past this experience, a whole new life will open up, and whatever infirmities persist, they can be dealt with one by one.””