Quotes from The Crow

James O'Barr ·  240 pages

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“It can't rain all the time.”
― James O'Barr, quote from The Crow


“So the crow spirals down through a collapsed dream and the only sound it makes in like a concave scream.”
― James O'Barr, quote from The Crow


“We do not recognize our souls until they are in pain.”
― James O'Barr, quote from The Crow


“It's not death if you refuse it...
It is if you accept it.”
― James O'Barr, quote from The Crow


“Life is just a dream on the way to death.”
― James O'Barr, quote from The Crow



“Sarah: "Buildings burn, people die, but real love is forever...”
― James O'Barr, quote from The Crow


“Childhood is over when you know you’re gonna die.”
― James O'Barr, quote from The Crow


“When sorrow comes, they come not single spies, but in battalions. I've allies in heaven, Jack, i've commrades in hell...say hello for me...”
― James O'Barr, quote from The Crow


“Funboy: Pal, something is seriously wrong with you.
The Crow: Atrocity has that effect on me.”
― James O'Barr, quote from The Crow


“Remember when you said "Mine?" and I said "Forever". You said "Only forver?" It's forever, now.”
― James O'Barr, quote from The Crow



“Sometimes I dream of sleepiness,
sometimes I feel like I'm alive.”
― James O'Barr, quote from The Crow


“Death, like virtue, has its degrees.”
― James O'Barr, quote from The Crow


“Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of all children. Do you understand? Do you understand?”
― James O'Barr, quote from The Crow


“I know why Jesus wept, motherfucker.”
― James O'Barr, quote from The Crow


“Life is lousy with hurt but it also shimmers with beauty.”
― James O'Barr, quote from The Crow



“Tonight, hell sends an angel bearing gifts...”
― James O'Barr, quote from The Crow


“Eric screams and screams and pounds his head against the wall until phantom fire trucks race across his vision. All he wants is pain. Pain and hate. Yes, hate. But never fear. Fear is for the enemy. Fear and bullets.”
― James O'Barr, quote from The Crow


“ICH BENDÜRFNES JESUS CHRISTUS HANGELENK
MEIN GEBEIN WEINEN
ODLAND, KRIEGSBIET, LEBENWEISE
GESCHWINDIGKEIT, HALBMESSER, ABSTEIG
GNAPENSTOB”
― James O'Barr, quote from The Crow


“...the girl.. her name was Shelly...”
― James O'Barr, quote from The Crow


“Mira chico, aparta esa pistola. Las balas no me detienen, las navajas no me hieren... Mira...¡Mírame! Soy el error del piloto, soy la malformación del feto, soy el cromosoma aleatorio... soy la más completa y total locura... soy el miedo...”
― James O'Barr, quote from The Crow



“Tell them I'm coming, mr. Jones.”
― James O'Barr, quote from The Crow


“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.”
― James O'Barr, quote from The Crow


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About the author

James O'Barr
Born place: in Detroit, Michigan, The United States
Born date January 1, 1960
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