Quotes from Black Hole

Charles Burns ·  368 pages

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“Eliza sitting naked on a pink towel. So beautiful I could die.

Concentrating, all focused in on her sketchbook, but aw, god ...her tail.

Her cute little tail moving slowly back and forth, making a fan shape in the dirt.

She's the one. She really is. I know that now.”
― Charles Burns, quote from Black Hole


“That was all I needed when she smiled at me, all the other stupid, ugly stuff just drifted away.”
― Charles Burns, quote from Black Hole


“It was finally all out of me... I was as pure and empty as the flames moving in front of me.”
― Charles Burns, quote from Black Hole


“That night was different... there was something pulling me towards him. Something dark and sexy.”
― Charles Burns, quote from Black Hole


“It's the bad place I always come back to in my dreams.”
― Charles Burns, quote from Black Hole



“I felt like I was looking into the future... and the future looked really messed up.”
― Charles Burns, quote from Black Hole


About the author

Charles Burns
Born date September 27, 1955
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