Quote of the Week

Yes Halloween is coming up, that wonderful time of year when we get to indulge in large buckets of candy without judgement and have the rare opportunity to scare the living shit out of annoying children and wimpy adults. The heady scent of fear on a cool autumns night is a wonderful thing. October not only brings with it good treats and fun scares but also great movies. I've done blogs about horror films and the list of must-sees during the witching season but this is quote of the week. We only talk about books here, so I chose another fantastic book that made a chilling movie. Last week was King and his shining books (you see what I did there?) This week is Barker. If you love Hellraiser and its sequels then you really should read the book. I couldn't decide on one quote so I gave you a tasty selection. Enjoy!




 

“Spring, if it lingers more than a week beyond its span, starts to hunger for summer to end the days of perpetual promise. Summer in its turn soon begins to sweat for something to quench its heat, and the mellowest of autumns will tire of gentility at last, and ache for a quick sharp frost to kill its fruitfulness. Even winter — the hardest season, the most implacable — dreams, as February creeps on, of the flame that will presently melt it away. Everything tires with time, and starts to seek some opposition, to save it from itself.”

“Do you understand?” the figure beside the first speaker demanded. Its voice, unlike that of its companion, was light and breathy—the voice of an excited girl. Every inch of its head had been tattooed with an intricate grid, and at every intersection of horizontal and vertical axes a jeweled pin driven through to the bone. Its tongue was similarly decorated. “Do you even know who we are?” it asked.”

“No tears, please. It's a waste of good suffering.”

― Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart