God has made us study partner. We need to talk about our project. Isaac Marion More Quotes by Isaac Marion More Quotes From Isaac Marion He is spent. His mind is mercury again, its brief surge of humanity melting into an oily residue on its surface, and he no longer understands the feelings he felt in that strange moment on the overpass. But he did feel them. They did happen. They rest on the murky seabed of his mind, buried under sand and silt and miles of grey waves. Patient seeds waiting for light. Isaac Marion light waiting feelings You might say that death has relaxed me. Isaac Marion relaxed might We have to remember everything. If we don't, by the time we grow up it'll be gone forever. Isaac Marion remembers-everything growing-up forever I'm alone, stumbling through the city in the dark, trying not to let the night freeze my blood. Isaac Marion dark night blood I think the world has mostly ended because the cities we wander through are as rotten as we are. Buildings have collapsed. Rusted cars clog the streets. Most glass is shattered and the wind drifting through the hollow high-rises moans like an animal left to die. I don't know what happened. Disease? War? Social collapse? Or was it just us? The Dead replacing the Living? I guess it's not so important. Once you're arrived at the end of the world, it hardly matters which road you took. Isaac Marion animal war thinking The shadows of the room pool in the lines of our faces, draining our eyes of hue. "There's nothing left worth saying. Isaac Marion hue shadow eye Once again the absurdity of my inner thoughts overwhelms me, and I want to crawl out of my skin, escape my ugly, awkward flesh and be a skeleton, naked and anonymous. Isaac Marion skeletons awkward skins She hugs me. It's tentative at first, a little scared, and yes, a little repulsed, but then she melts into it. She rests her head against my cold neck and embraces me. Unable to believer what's happening, I put my arm around her and just hold her. I almost swear I can feel my heart thumping. But it must just be hers, pressed tightly against my chest. Isaac Marion necks hug heart Last winter, when so many Living joined the Dead and our prey became scarce, I watched some of my friends become full-dead. The transition was undramatic. They just slowed down, then stopped, and after a while I realised they were corpses. It disquieted me at first, but it’s against etiquette to notice when one of us dies. I distracted myself with some groaning. Isaac Marion transition lasts winter I want life and in all its stupid sticky rawness. Isaac Marion rawness stupid want It was fun, but it's over now. This is how things go. Isaac Marion fun How do I appear unthreatening when her lover's blood is running down my chin? Isaac Marion lovers running blood In my palm I can feel the echo of her pulse, standing in for the absense of mine. Isaac Marion palms pulse echoes What's wrong with people?" she says, almost too quiet for me to hear. "Were they born with parts missing or did it fall out somewhere along the way? Isaac Marion missing people fall Every time I go to sleep, I know I may never wake up. How could anyone expect to? You drop your tiny, helpless mind into a bottomless well, crossing your fingers and hoping when you pull it out on its flimsy fishing wire it hasn't been gnawed to bones by nameless beasts below. Isaac Marion fishing mind sleep She gathers my half of the blankets around her and curls up against the wall. She will sleep for hours more, dreaming endless landscapes and novas of colour both gorgeous and frightening. If I stayed she would wake up and describe them to me. All the mad plot twists and surrealist imagery, so vivid to her while so meaningless to me. There was a time when I treasured listening to her, when I found the commotion in her soul bitter-sweet and lovely, but I can no longer bear it. Isaac Marion dream sweet love If there are rules, we're the ones making them. We can change them whenever we want to. Isaac Marion ifs want Not so easy, Mr Lennon. Even if you try. Isaac Marion lennon easy trying It's hard to take your life so seriously when you can see it all at once. Isaac Marion hard What a massive responsibility, being a moral creature Isaac Marion moral creatures responsibility