Clive Barker > Quotes

“The Four Roots of the Seerkind. The Lo, the Ye-me, the Aia, and the Babu. The Families from which we’re all descended. Some of us came by grubbier roads than others, of course”
― Clive Barker, Weaveworld

“Paradise always has to be stranger than you expect, doesn’t it? or it loses its power to enchant.”
― Clive Barker, Weaveworld

“She knew he was telling the truth, the kind of unsavoury truth that only monsters were at liberty to tell. He had no need to flatter or cajole; he had no philosophy to debate, or sermon to deliver. His awful nakedness was a kind of sophistication. Past the lies of faith, and into purer realms.”
― Clive Barker

“There are some people, you know, who are too important to ever be forgotten. I think she’s one of them.”
― Clive Barker, Abarat

“And I want some other stuff. A radio, for one. I want to know what’s going on out there. And food: proper food. Fresh bread—”
“Whatever you need.”
“—and ginger. The preserved kind, you know? In syrup.”
“I know.”
― Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart

“No matter how fantastical the story, true life experience gives it credibility. Dropping in elements of your own life, telling bits of detail borrowed from your memory bank, give the reader a feeling of assurance. It’s the old story about how to tell a lie. Don’t make it all up, tell the lie with large dollops of truth. The truth can give foundation to the most outrageous of lies.”
― Clive Barker, Where Nightmares Come From

“Todas las cosas se cansan con el tiempo y comienzan a buscar algún oponente
que las salve de sí mismas.”
― Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart