Quotes from Ghost Road Blues

Jonathan Maberry ·  472 pages

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“Hell's a-coming and we all gotta learn to play the blues. (347)”
― Jonathan Maberry, quote from Ghost Road Blues


“When Tony lost it, it would be up to Ruger to take Lady Death by the tits and giver a good tweak. That's how he saw it. Give Lady Death's tits a good tweak.”
― Jonathan Maberry, quote from Ghost Road Blues


“Evil never dies. It merely waits. And it grows stronger in the dark.”
― Jonathan Maberry, quote from Ghost Road Blues


“The thunder growled loud enough to wake the storm.”
― Jonathan Maberry, quote from Ghost Road Blues


“but some people don’t care as much about pain. They know it, they’re used to it; it may not be an old friend, but it is an old companion.”
― Jonathan Maberry, quote from Ghost Road Blues



“Evil don’t die. It just waits.”
― Jonathan Maberry, quote from Ghost Road Blues


About the author

Jonathan Maberry
Born place: in Philadelphia
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