Josh Malerman Quotes & Sayings

A grisly story, but one whose notoriety Malorie attributes to the seemingly senseless way the Internet has of making random occurrences famous. — Josh Malerman

In a world where you can't open your eyes, isn't a blindfold all you could ever hope for? — Josh Malerman

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

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

believe that it's better to face madness with a plan than to sit still and let it take you in pieces. The — Josh Malerman

But here, she knows, they are not quite as lost. Or alone. — Josh Malerman

How far can a person hear?
Malorie needs the children to hear into the trees, into the wind, into the dirt banks that lead to an entire world of living creatures. The river is an amphitheater, Malorie muses, paddling.
But it's also a grave.
The children must listen.
Malorie cannot stave off the visions of hands emerging from the darkness, clutching the heads of the children, deliberately untying that which protects them.
Breathing hard and sweating, Malorie prays a person can hear all the way to safety. — Josh Malerman

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

Only a box of birds, Malorie thinks. Yet, it does feel like progress. — Josh Malerman

She was smiling. It was a smile Steve knew very well. The kind of smile from a girl that implied, if you answered in the affirmative, she'd see you in a way you always wish you saw yourself. — Josh Malerman

It's just one of the old-world fears, carrying over."
"What's that?"
"The fear of the cellar. — Josh Malerman

You're going to have to open your eyes. — Josh Malerman

We left because some people choose to wait for news and others make their own. — Josh Malerman

Your baby is smarter than you think. — Josh Malerman

It's better to face madness with a plan than to sit still and let it take you in pieces. — Josh Malerman

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

You can smell it, too. Death. Dying. Decay. The sky is falling, the sky is dying, the sky is dead. — Josh Malerman

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

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

They are monsters, Malorie thinks. But she knows they are more than this. They are infinity. — Josh Malerman

In my imagination, the Editor meditated in a mountain-cave, espoused the rules of grammar, and frowned upon speculative fiction. — Josh Malerman

Boots, bushes, gardens, storefronts, buildings, streets, and stars. Why, she would have had to re-create the globe for them. But the best they got was fish. And the Boy loved them. — Josh Malerman