13 Quotes by J.D. Barker

Just when I think I have nothing to say, the characters start to speak. Writing is funny like that.

Writing can take you to places you’ve never been, introduce you to people you’ve never met, take you back to when you first saw those shadows in your room, when you first heard the sounds mumbling ever so softly from your closet, and it can show you what uttered them. It can scare the hell out of you, and that’s when you know it’s good.

People are so poor around these parts, they eat their cereal with a fork to save on milk. They gotta take the bus to do a drive-by

We're going to have such fun, you and I.

You can’t play God without being acquainted with the devil.

Sometimes our deepest fears are the ones we keep closest to our hearts.

Growing up, my parents wouldn’t allow a tv in the house. Instead, we took field trips to the library. I remember being eight years old and looking up at all those shelves and wondering how long it would take to read everything. The idea of new worlds, places, and people in every single book all stacked neatly and waiting made the place seem magical.

The wind howled in defiance as viscous clouds suffocated the moon, taking the night as their own.

We’re going to have such fun, you and I.