hometowns Quotes

“You know how you can tell when you’re getting close to one? The smell. You can smell a town from miles away. It smells like smoke. And raw sewage.”

“That’s the thing I hated most about Gatlin. The way everyone had something to say about everything you said or did or, in this case, wore.”

“There was nothing, nothing, Gatlin loved better than a spectacle.”

“The town looked lonely, and it made me sad. Somehow the magic was gone, without her.”

“The town was empty, but for the first time it didn’t seem deserted, and I didn’t feel alone.”

“It wasn’t like Amma to side with everyone else in town, considering that was usually the wrong side of things.”

“Evil is a faceless stranger, living in a distant neighborhood. Evil has a wholesome, hometown face, with merry eyes and an open smile. Evil walks among us, wearing a mask which looks like all our faces.”

And only J.J. can make the journey to find out what’s causing the leak—but to do so, he’ll have to step out of his own life. And while J.J. quests in Tir na n’Og, the new policemen begins to show up in his hometown.

″‘Born in?’ ‘Bethlehem.’ Rockhead looks up. The brain peeps out from behind the brawn. ‘Don’t worry, sir. It didn’t happen in a stable.’ Clunk. Another jest falls flat on the ground.”