Darkhouse Quotes

“Somehow, by dealing with the dead, I had never felt so alive.”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse

“I used to dream big. It seemed like somewhere along the way I had forgotten about that. And gave up.”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse

“I hate bullshitters; you can never bullshit them.”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse

“Because sometimes I lie, Perry. We all lie, even you, but not everyone is brave enough to admit it.”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse

“She's smart, she's funny and she's not afraid to take risks. Not to mention that she's beautiful, sexy and charming. You know it, I know it, and soon everyone else will know it. The only person who doesn't know it is her because of archaic fuckheads like yourself telling her otherwise.”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse

“The more I thought about it, the more I worried I wouldn’t be good enough.”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse

“If there was a moment that determined the course of my future, I'm pretty sure this was it. I had two somewhat simple choices. I could make a run for it and go back to Uncle Al's. Back to the bonfire where my cousins and dear sister would be drinking and revel in the normalcy of a Saturday night and forget I ever went to this horrid place and ran into this weirdo. Or I could go with said weirdo up the stairs in this decrepit old lighthouse, which was most likely condemned and unsafe, towards some unknown person (or thing) that was walking around, potentially waiting to murder us in horrific ways.

It didn't seem like a very hard decision to make. In fact, I think 99.7% of people in the right frame of mind would have picked from column A and gone on with their merry lives. But for some freaking crazy reason, I thought that maybe, just maybe I should go with this stranger up those kelp-ridden stairs and toward the lair of unimaginable horror. You know, because it was the more interesting alternative.”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse

“Sorry,” he said, not sounding very sorry at all. “I… well, nevermind.”

“Nevermind?” I couldn’t help but sneer. “You just broke into my uncle’s lighthouse. Don’t you tell me to nevermind.”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse

“Who the hell is Old Roddy?” I said angrily. I was sick of feeling like I wasn’t being told the whole story. Dex was silent. I shined my light in his face, causing him to squint harshly.

“If you don’t know then I don’t have time to explain,” he sneered in the brightness. He eyed my hand on his bicep. I didn’t let go. “Make time,” I said.”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse

“I was fucked and I knew it. I had stupidly wandered into some epic rape palace run by meth-addicted hobos and bald men with beards who recently escaped nearby jails and had taken over this place for their torture sessions with hapless young women they found exploring the coast. Even worse, I was going to be the hapless woman who decided to infiltrate their headquarters.”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse

“If you want to be all like smart and adult about this shit then do the right thing. But if you want to do something fun and take a chance, then screw what anyone else thinks. Rock and roll, man!”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse

“After I perused Facebook for ten minutes, learning absolutely nothing interesting about the people in my life (or slightly outside of my life, as seems to be the case with Facebook)...”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse

“Years of having your appearance poked at tended to make you quite insecure with the opposite sex.”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse

“He greeted the twins like they were all from the same hood in Compton and gave Dex and me the head nod.”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse

“He had such a lovely smile when he was using it for good and not evil”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse

“It was catchy though. The show wasn’t. It was like Lamb Chop’s Play-Along on acid but without the endearing weirdness of acid.”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse

“Man, if looks could kill then I was trying to commit a triple homicide with mine.”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse

“As anxious and nervous as I was about the new path I was about to head down, a tiny part of me knew everything was going to be OK.”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse

“Then, like before, the flame started to go out again.
'Oh for fuck's sake!' I shook the lamp back and forth, screaming, 'Fuuuuck! Fuck you, lamp!”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse

“He had such a lovely smile when he was using it for good and not evil.”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse

“My mother calls me wishy-washy. I just think I'm delightfully impulsive.”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse

“Books, Perry, books! The backbone of civilization. And our homework.”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse

“CHAPTER TEN”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse

“There are tons of those shiteous shows on TV,”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse

“Good morning, sir. I’ve come for the lady.” Dex was at the door, feigning importance. He had a cap on his head and tipped it jauntily.”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse

“He just pursed his lips until he resembled a sexy duck before digging into his breakfast.”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse

“He wagged his finger at me.”
― Karina Halle, Darkhouse