“It's better to face madness with a plan than to sit still and let it take you in pieces.”
―
Josh Malerman,
Bird Box
“How can she expect her children to dream as big as the stars if they can't lift their heads to gaze upon them?” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“In a world where you can’t open your eyes, isn’t a blindfold all you could ever hope for?” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“You can smell it, too. Death. Dying. Decay. The sky is falling, the sky is dying, the sky is dead.” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“We left because some people choose to wait for news and others make their own.” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“The moment between deciding to open your eyes and then actually doing it is as scary a thing as there is in the new world.” ― Josh Malerman
“You are saving their lives for a life not living.” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“Is he friendly?” Tom says quietly. “I’ve discovered,” Jules says, “that a dog will become fast friends with the people who feed him.” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“Your baby is smarter than you think.” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“Man is the creature he fears.” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“dedication Sometimes I wish I were an architect, so that I could dedicate a building to a person; a superstructure that broke the clouds and continued up into the abyss. And if Bird Box were made of bricks instead of letters, I’d host a ceremony, invite every shadowy memory I have, and cut the ribbon with an axe, letting everyone see for the first time that building’s name. It’d be called the Debbie. Mom, Bird Box is for you.” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“This,’ Malorie says, placing a bloodied hand on the Girl’s head, ‘this is Olympia.’ The Girl looks at Malorie quickly. She blushes. She smiles. She likes it. ‘And this,’ Malorie says, pressing the Boy to her body, ‘is Tom.’ He grins, shy and happy.” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“Maybe a thing has to be smart enough to lose its mind.” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“MAN IS THE CREATURE HE FEARS.” ― Josh Malerman
“Robin was a great kid. Smarter than her father at eight years old. She liked the oddest things. Like the instructions for a toy more than the toy itself. The credits of a movie instead of the movie. The way something was written. An expression on my face. Once she told me I looked like the sun to her, because of my hair. I asked her if I shined like the sun, and she told me, ‘No, Daddy, you shine more like the moon, when it’s dark outside.” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“A grisly story, but one whose notoriety Malorie attributes to the seemingly senseless way the Internet has of making random occurrences famous.” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“Only a box of birds, Malorie thinks. Yet, it does feel like progress.” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“What was dark but the absence of light?” ― Josh Malerman, A House at the Bottom of a Lake
“As long as nobody knew what it was, nobody could take it from her.” ― Josh Malerman, A House at the Bottom of a Lake
“How can she expect her children to dream as big as the stars if they can't lift their heads to gaze upon them?” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“In a world where you can’t open your eyes, isn’t a blindfold all you could ever hope for?” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“You can smell it, too. Death. Dying. Decay. The sky is falling, the sky is dying, the sky is dead.” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“We left because some people choose to wait for news and others make their own.” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“The moment between deciding to open your eyes and then actually doing it is as scary a thing as there is in the new world.” ― Josh Malerman
“You are saving their lives for a life not living.” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“Is he friendly?” Tom says quietly. “I’ve discovered,” Jules says, “that a dog will become fast friends with the people who feed him.” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“Your baby is smarter than you think.” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“Man is the creature he fears.” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“dedication Sometimes I wish I were an architect, so that I could dedicate a building to a person; a superstructure that broke the clouds and continued up into the abyss. And if Bird Box were made of bricks instead of letters, I’d host a ceremony, invite every shadowy memory I have, and cut the ribbon with an axe, letting everyone see for the first time that building’s name. It’d be called the Debbie. Mom, Bird Box is for you.” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“This,’ Malorie says, placing a bloodied hand on the Girl’s head, ‘this is Olympia.’ The Girl looks at Malorie quickly. She blushes. She smiles. She likes it. ‘And this,’ Malorie says, pressing the Boy to her body, ‘is Tom.’ He grins, shy and happy.” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“Maybe a thing has to be smart enough to lose its mind.” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“MAN IS THE CREATURE HE FEARS.” ― Josh Malerman
“Robin was a great kid. Smarter than her father at eight years old. She liked the oddest things. Like the instructions for a toy more than the toy itself. The credits of a movie instead of the movie. The way something was written. An expression on my face. Once she told me I looked like the sun to her, because of my hair. I asked her if I shined like the sun, and she told me, ‘No, Daddy, you shine more like the moon, when it’s dark outside.” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“A grisly story, but one whose notoriety Malorie attributes to the seemingly senseless way the Internet has of making random occurrences famous.” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“Only a box of birds, Malorie thinks. Yet, it does feel like progress.” ― Josh Malerman, Bird Box
“What was dark but the absence of light?” ― Josh Malerman, A House at the Bottom of a Lake
“As long as nobody knew what it was, nobody could take it from her.” ― Josh Malerman, A House at the Bottom of a Lake
