Poppy Z. Brite

The night is the hardest time to be alive and 4am knows all my secrets. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#night #sleep #secret

Some nights are made for torture, or reflection, or the savoring of loneliness. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#loneliness #night #reflection #torture #torture

I believe in whatever gets you throught the night. [...] Night is the hardest time to be alive. For me, anyway. It lasts so long, and four A.M.knows all my secrets. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#loneliness

He has 'le coeur comme un artichaud'. Eddy fumbled for her high school French. 'A heart like an artichoke?' 'Oui. He has a leaf for everyone, but makes a meal for no one. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#food #love #food

If you want something, you don't wait for the world to deal it out for you. You take it. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#life

Maybe they did what they had to do to live, and tried to get a little love and have a little fun before the darkness took them. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#love #death

When you have too much faith in something, it's bound to hurt you. Too much faith in anything will suck you dry. In this way, all the world is a vampire. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#vampire #faith

With the first kiss his mouth will taste of wormwood. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#short-story

I'd much rather do an obviously commercial writing project than get a day job. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#day #get #i #job #much

I think film had a terrible effect on horror fiction particularly in the 80s, with certain writers turning out stuff as slick and cliched as Hollywood movies. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#cliched #effect #fiction #film #had