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hometowns Quotes

Seven of the best book quotes about hometowns

#1
“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.”

author
Rick Yancey
book
The 5th Wave
character
Cassie
concepts
sewagehometownssmellssmoke
#2
“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.”

authors
Kami GarciaMargaret Stohl
book
Beautiful Creatures
character
Ethan
concepts
hometownsgossipself-awarenessjudgmental
#3
“There was nothing, nothing, Gatlin loved better than a spectacle.”

authors
Kami GarciaMargaret Stohl
book
Beautiful Creatures
character
Ethan
concepts
hometownsgossipobservations
#4
“The town looked lonely, and it made me sad. Somehow the magic was gone, without her.”

authors
Kami GarciaMargaret Stohl
book
Beautiful Creatures
characters
EthanEthan's mom
concepts
hometownsEmptinesslonelinesssorrowRemembering Loved Ones
#5
“The town was empty, but for the first time it didn’t seem deserted, and I didn’t feel alone.”

authors
Kami GarciaMargaret Stohl
book
Beautiful Creatures
character
Ethan
concepts
closureemptyhometownsnot alone
#6
“It wasn’t like Amma to side with everyone else in town, considering that was usually the wrong side of things.”

authors
Kami GarciaMargaret Stohl
book
Beautiful Creatures
characters
EthanAmma
concepts
hometownstaking sidesOpposition
#7
“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.”

author
Dean Koontz
book
The Book of Counted Sorrows
concepts
evilstrangersneighborhoodshometownsmasksdisguises

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