

“Even the dead had names.”
― Spear
― Spear

“Don’t be bloody silly. We’re out of touch. They’ve got a whole new language. And line managers. And bloody Human Resources instead of a perfectly decent Personnel Department. And focus groups instead of getting on with the job.”
― Silverview
― Silverview

“What the doctors didn’t tell me was how much I would change while watching her suffer. I shouldn’t be so surprised, though. Each thing we love takes a little piece of us whether we give it willingly or not. By the time we find the person we were meant to be with, we’re a honeycombed shell of what we once were. Each person we love turns us into the strange thing we become.”
― The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories
― The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

“But I'd unsettle you even more if I chose not to share with you the disturbing story I know. Your mind would invent something even more grotesque, more upsetting than my words could ever conjure.”
― You've Lost a Lot of Blood
― You've Lost a Lot of Blood

“A name, she thinks, is what makes a person who they are. A name is how they know themself.”
― Spear
― Spear
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