Quotes From "The Forest Of Hands And Teeth" By Carrie Ryan

It wouldn't have mattered if they were scratches or not, " he says, his voice like liquid. "I was bitten during the escape from the house." My limbs go weak, everything inside me folding in collapsing on itself." I was already dead, " he says, opening his eyes. Carrie Ryan

There is a child - a baby - who long since kicked off her blankets. Her skin is ashen and her mouth open in a perpetual yet silent scream. She isn't old enough to roll over, to sit up, to climb. So she lies there kicking her fat legs against the footboard of the crib, eternally calling for her mother. For food. For flesh. Carrie Ryan

I sit with my knees pulled in tight and my arms wrapped around my shins. I can no longer feel my feet, as if blood refuses to spread so far from my heart. Carrie Ryan

I know in my life there have been breaches, but I also know that I am very good at blocking out the memories that serve me no purpose. Carrie Ryan

Who are we if not the stories we pass down? What happens when there's no one left to tell those stories? To hear them? Who will ever know that I existed? What if we are the only ones left -- who will know our stories then? Who will remember those? Carrie Ryan

You think you want love, Mary. You think it is this beautiful gift that does nothing but fill you and make you whole. But you are wrong. Love can be cruel and ugly. It can become dark and cause the deepest pain. Carrie Ryan

I realize that sometimes death comes before you expect it. That while we are rarely prepared for our friends, family and loved ones to die, we are never prepared for our own deaths. Never prepared to reconcile our own regrets. Carrie Ryan

It's as if there is infinity between our lips and we will never actually touch. Like math, where dividing by half can last for eternity. Carrie Ryan

I will always need you, " I whisper. "All of this time I've waited for you. And you were never coming for me. Why did you let me wait for you? Carrie Ryan