Quotes From "Mandy And Alecto: The Collected Smog City Book Series" By Rebecca McNutt

He didn’t remember the very first time he actually died very well. It wasn’t as bad as remediation, but he remembered being afraid and worried… and when he found himself alive again a few hours later with Mearth’s wild green eyes peering down at him, he remembered still being afraid and worried. It was strange, he thought, to be afraid of being alive… but being alive was worse than being dead in his mind. Rebecca McNutt

…I love you, ” he said to her, although at that point he was certain she could no longer comprehend the words. “I’d trade places with you in an instant, Mandy Valems… you never deserved this… why would anyone do something so terrible! ?” A cold chill froze his heart when he saw her empty eyes again. The fluorescent lights in the dim room sparked to life all of a sudden, brightness so sharp that it startled him. In a flash, sharp and sudden, quicker than a lightning strike, the bulbs flickered and exploded with a few jingling pops. . Rebecca McNutt

Well, you’re not exactly social, are you, Mandy Valems?”“Oh yeah, sure, because I’m just surrounded by genius to be social with in this day and age, ” Mandy replied with razor-sharp sarcasm. “Hey, I don’t need anyone else! I’ve got you, you’re my friend, and you’ll be with me forever! ”“… You won’t be with me forever, though…” said Alecto cynically. “I’m like a spider’s web; anyone who is friends with me gets dragged into my troubles and eventually dies.”“… Poetic, dear friend, ” Mandy sighed, shaking her head. “Morbid, but poetic. . Rebecca McNutt

Some people spend their whole lives in a fantasy world, and that’s not a good thing! Rebecca McNutt

Life is stress by definition. Rebecca McNutt

I don’t like psychiatrists, ” Alecto told her. “Not because they don’t think I’m real, but because they have no idea what they’re doing. Rebecca McNutt

In keeping with your policy of bringing Pollution the latest in death and violence, and in living colour, there’s going to be something entirely different… death without remediation. Rebecca McNutt

She dug into one of the boxes, finding clay angels she’d made in art class when she was seven years old. She found plastic swans on strings and red crystal cardinals. She found a blue-and-white rocking horse covered in glitter. She found a porcelain Santa Claus. She found that she couldn’t figure out where the hell time had gone. Rebecca McNutt

There are some things in the past that… that just aren’t meant to be viewed. Rebecca McNutt

Alecto, do you think we have fallen from heaven, or do you think we are falling towards it? Rebecca McNutt

Maybe a holiday miracle will change Mearth’s awful behavior, ” Mandy suggested with optimism.“ The only holiday miracle around here is that Mearth hasn’t murdered us both yet, ” said Alecto, lighting another cigarette, his hands shaking erratically. He looked exhausted and terrified, his gray eyes soulless.“ Do you know what Mearth likes, Alecto?” Mandy questioned.“ Vegetables, she likes celery a lot, and lettuce, ” Alecto responded in a quiet monotone. “I don’t know what else she likes. I’ve never asked her.”“ Well, she has to like something… doesn’t everyone?”“ Not her, Mandy Valems. . Rebecca McNutt

Dreams are just lies that we tell ourselves while we're asleep. Rebecca McNutt

And what if you could go back in time and take all those hours of sorrow and insanity and replace them with something better? Rebecca McNutt

One of the many downsides to being a drug addict is never really knowing if the stuff is real. Rebecca McNutt

I don’t want any other friends! They’d never be as good a friend as you are. Rebecca McNutt

Canada is a free country, after all. Rebecca McNutt

Alecto… what do you think would happen if people found out about you? Your abilities, your life, Mearth’s super 8 films, those powers of yours… how would they react?”“ I don’t know, ” said Alecto, “but ordinary people like a show, especially when it’s a disturbing one. They enjoy seeing misery… probably because it allows them to pretend that they themselves are not so miserable, too. Also, they would probably find out about you, how you know about Personifications, how you saw the films… they would put us in cages and throw peanuts at us, I guess.”“ All joking aside, Alecto.…”“Who is joking, Mandy Valems? . Rebecca McNutt