35 Quotes by James O'Barr

Childhood is over when you know you’re gonna die.

Remember when you said “Mine?” and I said “Forever”. You said “Only forver?” It’s forever, now.

Life is lousy with hurt but it also shimmers with beauty.

Shouldn’t have looked, boy...

Pain? I know pain at the molecular level... It pulls at my atoms... Sings to me in an alphabet of fear... I am the boiling man... come to break the bones of your sins, meat puppet...

Tell them I’m coming, mr. Jones.

He hears men’s voices, shouts, so evil and grim he hears their names: Tin Tin, Fun Boy, T-Bird, Top Dollar and Tom Tom. The sounds sink into his heart like ice and brun in his head with a heat so intense it glows white.

Jesus Christ walks into a hotel... He hands the innkeeper three nails and he asks... Can you put me up for the night.