I'd been hurt, and in response I had acted violently, destroying a little of myself each time I did so.

John Connolly

Categorized in : Littles Hurt Destroying

“You don't have much faith in people, do you?” said David. “I don't have much faith in anything,” Roland replied. “Not even in myself.”

people

I'm a ghost," said the small figure, then added, a little uncerta... by John Connolly

I'm a ghost," said the small figure, then added, a little uncertainly, "Boo?

figures ghost littles

The US dollar is our currency but your problem. by John Connolly

The US dollar is our currency but your problem.

investing dollars problem

Once upon a time – for that is how all stories should begin – there was a boy who lost his mother.

mother once-upon-a-time boys

You mean they killed her?" asked David. They ate her," said Brother Number One. "With porridge. That's what 'ran away and was never seen again' means in these parts. It means 'eaten.'" Um and what about 'happily ever after'?" asked David, a little uncertainly. "What does that mean?" Eaten quickly," said Brother Number One.

brother numbers mean

I think people are confusing the right to write with the right to... by John Connolly

I think people are confusing the right to write with the right to be published.

i-think right think people

I've been fascinated by the idea that evil is the absence of empa... by John Connolly

I've been fascinated by the idea that evil is the absence of empathy.

been empathy evil absence

I find that I take a great deal of pleasure knowing I get up peop... by John Connolly

I find that I take a great deal of pleasure knowing I get up people's noses to some degree.

find great pleasure people

There is a very conservative element of crime writers that don't recognise what I do is crime fiction.

very conservative crime fiction

Writers are magpies by nature, always collecting shiny things, storing them away and looking for connections of things.

looking always connections nature

The only person who needs to know about failure is yourself. by John Connolly

The only person who needs to know about failure is yourself.

person yourself know failure

I feel that I'll be buried in Ireland and don't think I'll ever live in the U.S. I'm not comfortable with many aspects of U.S. society - especially the justice system.

feel think society justice

If you work at home, you're always on call in a way. by John Connolly

If you work at home, you're always on call in a way.

you work home way

As I get older I tend to rail against the world more and more. by John Connolly

As I get older I tend to rail against the world more and more.

against more get world

Anyone who wants bookstores to survive is portrayed as a Luddite who goes around smashing up Kindles.

wants survive who up

There is sometimes a feeling in crime fiction that good writing gets in the way of story. I have never felt that way. All you have is language. Why write beneath yourself? It's an act of respect for the reader as much as yourself.

yourself good you respect