"Last reason for reading horror: it’s a rehearsal for death. It’s a way to get ready. People say there’s nothing sure but death and taxes. But that’s n...
The monster nevers dies.
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"One of life's great truths is this: when one is about to be struck by a speeding six-hundred pound Coke machine, one need worry about little else.
"The family exists for many reasons, but its most basic function may be to draw together after a member dies.
"To his way of thinking, the only thing more natural than death was sex.
"Grief is like a drunken house guest, always coming back for one more goodbye hug.
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"Twas something else. I had come to hate her, you see. I had come to wish her dead, and that was what held me back.
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"Eddie discovered one of his childhood's great truths. Grownups are the real monsters, he thought.
"Kill you all!" The clown was laughing and screaming. "Try to stop me and I'll kill you all! Drive you crazy and then kill you all! You can't stop me!